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GERMAN GOLD-MOUNTED AGATE SNUFF-BOX, DRESDEN, CIRCA 1750
In the manner of Johann Georg Klett, rectangular, the cover and base set with panels of red agate carved on the cover with a possible depiction of Archimedes' Heat Rays, and the underside with large entwined palm leaves, the sides waisted, mounted à jour within gold mounts chased with undulating reeding, the thumbpiece formed of a rose, unmarked
Size/ Dimensions: 8.2 cm. (3 ¼ in.) long
Gross weight : 185.5 gr. (5 oz. 19 dwt.)
In the manner of Johann Georg Klett, rectangular, the cover and base set with panels of red agate carved on the cover with a possible depiction of Archimedes' Heat Rays, and the underside with large entwined palm leaves, the sides waisted, mounted à jour within gold mounts chased with undulating reeding, the thumbpiece formed of a rose, unmarked
Size/ Dimensions: 8.2 cm. (3 ¼ in.) long
Gross weight : 185.5 gr. (5 oz. 19 dwt.)
Provenance
Acquired at S.J. Phillips, London.
Brought to you by
Angela Berden
Head of Sale, Senior Specialist