Antique 1700s French Snuff Box, Vernis Martin & Miniature Painting: Love Symbols Black FOrest I'll be sure they're cleaned

I'll be sure they're cleaned out and lovely

I'm not a brooch or bodicer person

No markings to be found though the craftsmanship really does reflect the finer French ebenistes or makers of the time

A slight dimple possible to the silver handles

Antique 1700s French Snuff Box, Vernis Martin & Miniature Painting: Love Symbols Black FOrest I'll be sure they're cleanedA VERY interesting item, this! Look at the painting on the cover of this 1700s snuff box. You find there a plethora of objects, symbols, and yet it's not clear to us all these 200+ years later what story they tell. I see a pair of lovebirds or doves cooing to one another amidst items in disarray. perhaps it heralds the end of a war, or represents love in the midst of war? You see a cage on fire, a sword hanging with a red bow, a tipped over torch and