Antique Snuff Box, Grisaille Enamel Plaque, 15K Gold, Cupid, Hallmarks & Tested writing The knife blade and fork

The knife blade and fork tines are the original pre-stainless steel so they do have a bit of age tarnish or corrosion but no rust and are actually in quite fine shape all things considered

including impressed mark of "Creil"

so you can see what it might once have looked like

the blades are all pre-stainless steel and have some age tarnish and/or surface corrosion visible

Antique Snuff Box, Grisaille Enamel Plaque, 15K Gold, Cupid, Hallmarks & Tested writing The knife blade and forkI have not yet researched the hallmarks and rather anticipated the gold would test 18k on this stunning old snuff box, but in fact we have a test of 15k gold, instead. That eliminates it from being French, though the style is certainly French, since neither the marks nor the 15k standard are historically French goods. But what we do have here is a kiln fired enamel plaque, beautifully done in 'grisaille' or monocromatic shades of gray, and then with