MID 18TH CENTURY
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A Dutch tobacco box
mid 18th century
Of compressed cartouche shape and with reeded borders, the hinged cover inset with a mother-of-pearl plaque carved with numerous figures, a sailing ship and a grotesque centred by a circular cartouche engraved with a monogram, the top slightly deficient
5¼in. (13.25cm.)
mid 18th century
Of compressed cartouche shape and with reeded borders, the hinged cover inset with a mother-of-pearl plaque carved with numerous figures, a sailing ship and a grotesque centred by a circular cartouche engraved with a monogram, the top slightly deficient
5¼in. (13.25cm.)