AN AUSTRIAN GOLD AND JAPANESE LACQUER SNUFF-BOX

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AN AUSTRIAN GOLD AND JAPANESE LACQUER SNUFF-BOX
PROBABLY VIENNA, MAKER'S MARK "IGA", CIRCA 1780/1800
Rectangular box with canted corners, the cover, sides, corners and base set with Japanese lacquer panels in silver, gold and black, depicting a storm scene, landscapes and flowers, the gold mounts decorated with Vitruvian scrolls twisted with laurel garlands on a frosted band ground, the eight side pilasters chased as corinthian pillars, gold lined
80mm. (3 1/8in.) wide

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