The snuffbox features an oval-shaped gold body decorated with golden borders on a matted ground, with a detachable lid. The lid, the bottom panel of the base, and the side surface are decorated with panels featuring a guilloché pattern in the form of horizontal waves and covered with translucent gray enamel. The floral pattern, moiré due to the guilloché: branches with red roses, blue pansies, and green leaves within a polished gold border, imitates the texture of chintz fabric or chiné à la branche silk material. Under the lid, there is a tobacco compartment with marks on the mirror-polished surface of the base and the lid. The edges of the lid, the bottom panel, and the side surface are decorated with a band depicting acanthus leaves of green gold on a matted ground along the lower edge; the panels of the side surface within profiled frames are separated by images of classical urns of three-colored gold.

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