A CARTOUCHE-SHAPED PIQUE BLOND TORTOISESHELL SNUFF-BOX, the cover piqué posé with a couple dancing within an elaborate strapwork and scroll border, inhabited by grotesque musicians, birds and foliage, the base with a shepherd in similar border, circa 1740 | Christie's

Lot 9

A CARTOUCHE-SHAPED PIQUE BLOND TORTOISESHELL SNUFF-BOX, the cover piqué posé with a couple dancing within an elaborate strapwork and scroll border, inhabited by grotesque musicians, birds and foliage, the base with a shepherd in similar border, circa 1740

Details

A CARTOUCHE-SHAPED PIQUE BLOND TORTOISESHELL SNUFF-BOX, the cover piqué posé with a couple dancing within an elaborate strapwork and scroll border, inhabited by grotesque musicians, birds and foliage, the base with a shepherd in similar border, circa 1740
3¼in. (8.2cm.) wide

Provenance

Anon. sale, Sotheby's, 13 April 1981, lot 73

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