In the form of a silver shell. Nearly oval, curved body with a slightly domed, hinged lid. Surface covered with passively curved lines. Around the elongated hinge, engraved decoration of volutes and wave-like lines. Gilded on the inside. Made of approximately 13 lot silver, with tremblé strokes, assay marks, and the mark of the master Johann Peter Strehle (master since 1694). Weighs approximately 35 grams. Height is 2.6 cm, measuring 5.5 cm x 4.2 cm. Compare with Rosenberg, Volume IV, Number 6998. A rare French Baroque silver snuff box in the shape of a shell by Johann Peter Strehle (master since 1694). Gilt inside. Standard mark 13 lot, test, assay, and master's mark. France. Strasbourg. Around 1725.