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MID-18TH CENTURY
Details
A LOUIS XV COQUILLA NUT SNUFF BOX AND COMBINED VINAIGRETTE
MID-18TH CENTURY
Carved with a mask with inset eyes, teeth and tongue, the cover with Cupid astride a lion, the underside with a scallop shell and doves
3 in. (7.6 cm.) long
And a French coquilla nut snuff box modelled as a galleon, circa 1800, the cover carved with Neptune subduing a sea-monster-- 5½ in. 914 cm.) long (2)
MID-18TH CENTURY
Carved with a mask with inset eyes, teeth and tongue, the cover with Cupid astride a lion, the underside with a scallop shell and doves
3 in. (7.6 cm.) long
And a French coquilla nut snuff box modelled as a galleon, circa 1800, the cover carved with Neptune subduing a sea-monster-- 5½ in. 914 cm.) long (2)
Provenance
Syd Levathan, The Longridge Collection, Christie's London, 10-11 June 2010, lots 1281 and 1282
Sale room notice
Please note that the nut snuff box in this lot is missing the cover and is not as illustrated in the catalogue.
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