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18TH AND 19TH CENTURIES
Details
SEVEN VARIOUS SNUFF-BOXES
18th and 19th Centuries
Comprising a Karelian birch box centred by a silver coin depicting the portrait of King William III of the Netherlands (20 mm. diam.), third quarter 19th Century - 7.8 cm. diam.; a papier mache snuff-box mounted with a miniature depicting Hippocrates, signed Adele Marschall and dated 1836, the interior cover depicting a lady with a serpent - 8.7 cm. diam.; An English brass box impressed with the portrait of William Pitt, circa 1800 - 5.5 cm. diam.; a blue lacquer snuff box with tortoiseshell lining, the lid with profile portraits of a lady and her seven children inscribed TOUS ME SOUT CHERS; an ormolu snuff-box, circa 1770, the enamelled lid (distressed) with classical ruins - 4 cm. wide; and two English silver-mounted shagreen boxes - 15 cm. wide each (7)
18th and 19th Centuries
Comprising a Karelian birch box centred by a silver coin depicting the portrait of King William III of the Netherlands (20 mm. diam.), third quarter 19th Century - 7.8 cm. diam.; a papier mache snuff-box mounted with a miniature depicting Hippocrates, signed Adele Marschall and dated 1836, the interior cover depicting a lady with a serpent - 8.7 cm. diam.; An English brass box impressed with the portrait of William Pitt, circa 1800 - 5.5 cm. diam.; a blue lacquer snuff box with tortoiseshell lining, the lid with profile portraits of a lady and her seven children inscribed TOUS ME SOUT CHERS; an ormolu snuff-box, circa 1770, the enamelled lid (distressed) with classical ruins - 4 cm. wide; and two English silver-mounted shagreen boxes - 15 cm. wide each (7)
Literature
Part of this lot is illustrated in G.A. Brongers, Nicotania Tabacum, Haarlem, 1964, p. 158
Special notice
Prospective purchasers are advised that several countries prohibit the importation of property containing materials from endangered species, including but not limited to coral, ivory and tortoiseshell. Accordingly, prospective purchasers should familiarize themselves with relevant customs regulations prior to bidding if they intend to import this lot into another country.
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Judith Herngreen
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