DRESDEN, CIRCA 1750
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A SAXON ROCOCO GOLD-MOUNTED HARDSTONE SNUFF-BOX
Dresden, circa 1750
Circular amethystine quartz box with slightly domed cover and concave sides, the cover applied with a gold motiv chased and engraved with a Chinaman seated in an architectural landscape and reading a book, reeded gold mounts with flaring shell-and-scroll thumbpiece
35 mm. (1.3/8 in.) diam.
Dresden, circa 1750
Circular amethystine quartz box with slightly domed cover and concave sides, the cover applied with a gold motiv chased and engraved with a Chinaman seated in an architectural landscape and reading a book, reeded gold mounts with flaring shell-and-scroll thumbpiece
35 mm. (1.3/8 in.) diam.