A FRENCH COQUILLA NUT SNUFF BOX
Lot 559

A FRENCH COQUILLA NUT SNUFF BOX

CIRCA 1800

Closed9 December 2011

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GBP 812

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A FRENCH COQUILLA NUT SNUFF BOX
CIRCA 1800
Modelled as a crouching man in a frock coat, his back hinged, his eyes of inlaid glass; together with an English burr-wood and pewter-mounted snuff box, 17th/18th century, carved with opposed heads of a man and woman, the pewter snuff probably later inset
The first: 3¼ in. (8.2 cm.) high
The second: 3 3/8 in. (8.5 cm.) high (2)

Syd Levathan, The Longridge Collection, sold Christie's, London, 10-11 June 2010, lots 1179 and 1283.