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PROBABLY ITALIAN, CIRCA 1790/1800
Details
A CONTINENTAL GOLD-MOUNTED HARDSTONE SNUFF-BOX
PROBABLY ITALIAN, CIRCA 1790/1800
octagonal box, the hinged cover and base mounted à-jour with semi-translucent brown agate panels, polished gold sides with slightly raised mounts
2 5/8 in. (66 mm.) wide
PROBABLY ITALIAN, CIRCA 1790/1800
octagonal box, the hinged cover and base mounted à-jour with semi-translucent brown agate panels, polished gold sides with slightly raised mounts
2 5/8 in. (66 mm.) wide
Provenance
The Althorp Attic sale, Christie's South Kensington, 7-8 July 2010, lot 92.
Literature
Albert Edward John, 7th Earl Spencer (1892-1975), Catalogue of Snuff Boxes at Althorp, 1937, no. 52.
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Amelia Anderson