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)
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)