Inscription: [on insetting rim of box]: VALLAYER AUX GOBELINS; [stickers formerly inside box]: 15; P.M. 3572
Marking: [1] crowned fleur-de-lis, CDV, device a lion's snout (maker's mark)
[2] arm (Paris charge mark for gold and small silver work,1744-50)
[3] crowned italic K (Paris warden's mark for gold, 1750-51)
[4] salmon's head (Paris discharge mark for gold and small silver work, 1744-50)
[5] man's slipper (general countermark, 1774-80)
[6] clasped hands (general countermark, 1780-89)
An incomplete and illegible maker's mark is struck inside the front edge of the cover.
Location of marks:
[1]: inside cover
[2], [3]: inside front edge of box, inside cover, inside bottom
[4]-[6]: on outside edge of box
