Circular four-colour gold and red enamel box, mounted with oval moss agate plaques amid coloured gold floral trails.

Marked with French import mark (1838-64).

Johann Christian Neuber was one of the most renowned jewellers of the mid-eighteenth century. Born in Saxony, he served his apprenticeship in Dresden and eventually became court jeweller to Friedrich Augustus III, Elector of Saxony. He was particularly admired for his dexterity. Although there is no visible signature on this box, it is almost identical in design to an oval snuff box and a carnet de bal, both signed by Neuber and amongst some of his earliest works from the 1760s. Both the snuff box and carnet de bal are in private collections, but can be seen in 'Gold, Jasper and Carnelian, Johann Christian Neuber at the Saxon Court', A. Kugel, London 2012, p.124.