Inscription: [1] L'amour est mon étude/et en (...) la prise (on cover, on tablet held by Mercury)
[2] stickers inside box: 2414; P.M./3569
Marking: [1] crowned fleur-de-lis, 2 grains de remède, MDL, device a flame (maker's mark) (see image)
[2] arm (Paris charge mark for gold and small silver work, 1744-50)
[3] crowned italic I (Paris warden's mark for gold, 1749-50)
[4] salmon's head (Paris discharge mark for gold and small silver work, 1744-50)
[5] duck's head (Paris countermark, 1750-56)
Location of marks:
[1] - [3]: inside bottom, inside front edge of box, inside cover
[4], [5]: on edge of cover
