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ENGLISH, CIRCA 1735/1740
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A GEORGE II HARDSTONE AND GOLD SNUFF-BOX
English, circa 1735/1740
Oval box, the cover set with an oval slightly domed brown agate panel mounted jour, surrounded by a frosted gold band chased with scrolls within a reeded border with slightly raised engraved thumbpiece, the slightly tapering matted gold sides chased and engraved with countryside landscapes and animals including a deer, a hound hunting a bird and a stork attacking a snake, the base set with an oval flat brown agate panel with bevelled borders mounted jour
1.11/16 in. (43 mm.) wide
English, circa 1735/1740
Oval box, the cover set with an oval slightly domed brown agate panel mounted jour, surrounded by a frosted gold band chased with scrolls within a reeded border with slightly raised engraved thumbpiece, the slightly tapering matted gold sides chased and engraved with countryside landscapes and animals including a deer, a hound hunting a bird and a stork attacking a snake, the base set with an oval flat brown agate panel with bevelled borders mounted jour
1.11/16 in. (43 mm.) wide