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PROBABLY LONDON, CIRCA 1850
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A ROCOCO-STYLE JEWELLED GOLD-MOUNTED HARDSTONE SNUFF-BOX
PROBABLY LONDON, CIRCA 1850
of honey-coloured agate and carved in the form of a huntress seated with her dog, the eyes of the huntress and her dress set with diamonds, the oval hinged cover of the base of matching agate and overlaid by scrolling rococo-style gold cagework depicting a shooting party within a wooded landscape, with slightly raised jewelled scroll thumbpiece
3½ in. (90 mm.) wide
PROBABLY LONDON, CIRCA 1850
of honey-coloured agate and carved in the form of a huntress seated with her dog, the eyes of the huntress and her dress set with diamonds, the oval hinged cover of the base of matching agate and overlaid by scrolling rococo-style gold cagework depicting a shooting party within a wooded landscape, with slightly raised jewelled scroll thumbpiece
3½ in. (90 mm.) wide
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