Round gold and composition box from the late 18th century

Round box decorated with fine interlacing motifs in pink gold on a cream-coloured composition background (crushed fish scales, binder and pigments). Set with a frieze of plaits in yellow and green gold 750. Brown tortoiseshell lining.
Composite material: as its name suggests, this material is made up of crushed fish scales to which is added a binder and a pigment of one's choice, thus forming a composite material.

Dim: Diam 2.55 in / H 1.14 in.
Export hallmark: ewer, 1781-1792.
Unidentified post-revolutionary hallmark.
Hallmark: owl.