French medicine box w/ Sevres cup/ saucer, c. 1774, Parquetry inlaid wood box with fabric lined compartments for Sevres miniature cup and saucer with 1774 letter-dated marks, 3 hand-blown glass bottles with silver collars and stoppers, with small cone-shaped accessory, added silver eyecup with "TLV" hallmark and silver retractable toothpick, padded loose cover, fragment of French letter pasted in lid reading "je finie entendent et de meure votre tres beuble tres sounus fils...?", brass lock and key, 1.5"h x 2"dia (cup), 3.75"dia (saucer), 5"h x 5.75"squ (box)

Provenance: A Private Collection: 35 East 75th Street, NY

Good/Fair, hinge pins loose, inlay with some splits, lock mechanism works but needs adjustment, cup chipped and cracked with evidence of old repair, one bottle lacking stopper, another with collar loose and bottle neck with losses, lacking the 4th original bottle, cloth worn, some trim loose or missing **Condition reports are rendered as specialist opinion by the staff of the Auction House and not as statements of fact. We do not guarantee the content of written or verbal condition reports. The absence of a condition report does not imply that there are no condition issues with the lot. Please call us at (973) 377-1500 or e-mail info@milleabros.com with any questions about this lot at least 24 hours prior to auction.