A GEORGE III VARI-COLOUR GOLD-MOUNTED HARDSTONE SNUFF-BOX
THE PROPERTY OF A LADY (LOTS 3738-3743)
A GEORGE III VARI-COLOUR GOLD-MOUNTED HARDSTONE SNUFF-BOX

PROBABLY LONDON, CIRCA 1770

Details
A GEORGE III VARI-COLOUR GOLD-MOUNTED HARDSTONE SNUFF-BOX
PROBABLY LONDON, CIRCA 1770
formed as a quince, the hinged reddish-brown agate body with chased vari-colour gold foliate mounts and white gold rosette thumbpiece
1¾ in. (45 mm.) high
Provenance
Christie's, Geneva, 19 November 1980, lot 233.

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