Lot 42: A Louis XV gold mounted and inlaid tortoiseshell box,

with the charge and discharge marks of Antoine Leschaudel, Paris 1746, the miniature by Karl Gustav Klingstedt (1657-1734), of rectangular form with scrolling canted corners, the cover with three-colour gold chinoiserie piqué decoration of flowers around a woven rug, the side and base panels with similar decoration of various flowers and fruit, the gold cage mounts with wavy reeding opening to reveal on the underside of the cover a miniature on ivory painted en grisaille of a young swain intent on inebriating a young maiden spurred on her companion , length 7cm .