An oblong ivory tobacco grater with a scallop shell motif for snuff. On one side it shows the audience granted by King Louis XIV to Cardinal Chigi, papal legate, in Fontainebleau in 1664 and on the other side a representation of Mars, spear in the right hand and in the left hand a shield bearing the arms of France. Inside the rape is mentioned in pen "Louis XIV Standing under a Canopy And a Figure Of Mars" (sic) France, late 17th/early 18th century Rasp changed, accident at the hinge (to be restored) L : 17,2 cm- W : 3,8 cm