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A similar example was sold from the Collection of Adolphus Andrews Jr. and Emily Taylor Andrews, Christie's, New York, 18 June 2024, lot 24.
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PROBABLY DRESDEN, CIRCA 1760
Details
A GERMAN GOLD-MOUNTED AGATE NOVELTY SNUFF-BOX
PROBABLY DRESDEN, CIRCA 1760
Shaped as a horse head of mottled and striated brown and tan agate, with diamond-set eyes, the scrolled thumbpiece set with diamonds, rubies, and an emerald, marked twice on flange with later French import mark only
2 ¾ in. (7 cm.) high
PROBABLY DRESDEN, CIRCA 1760
Shaped as a horse head of mottled and striated brown and tan agate, with diamond-set eyes, the scrolled thumbpiece set with diamonds, rubies, and an emerald, marked twice on flange with later French import mark only
2 ¾ in. (7 cm.) high
Provenance
With Wartski, London.
By repute, acquired by Sunny von Bülow (1931-2008) from the above, 8 September 1967, then gifted to,
Russell Barnett Aitken (1910-2002).
By repute, acquired by Sunny von Bülow (1931-2008) from the above, 8 September 1967, then gifted to,
Russell Barnett Aitken (1910-2002).
Brought to you by
The Irene Roosevelt Aitken Collection
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