ENGLISH, CIRCA 1750/1760
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A GEORGE II GOLD-MOUNTED TORTOISESHELL AND PIQUÉ SNUFF-BOX
English, circa 1750/1760
Shuttle-shaped black box, the cover, sides and base inlaid with three-colour gold and silver flowersprays, the sides furthermore encrusted with butterflies, the gold mounts engraved with stylized acanthus leaves on a reeded band, slightly bombé and burnished thumbpiece with wavy reeded border
85 mm. (3.3/8 in.) wide
English, circa 1750/1760
Shuttle-shaped black box, the cover, sides and base inlaid with three-colour gold and silver flowersprays, the sides furthermore encrusted with butterflies, the gold mounts engraved with stylized acanthus leaves on a reeded band, slightly bombé and burnished thumbpiece with wavy reeded border
85 mm. (3.3/8 in.) wide