A lacquered, tortoise shell and gilt-mounted snuff box
A lacquered, tortoise shell and gilt-mounted snuff box

APPARENTLY UNMARKED, POSSIBLY FRANCE, CIRCA 1760

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A lacquered, tortoise shell and gilt-mounted snuff box
Apparently unmarked, possibly France, circa 1760
Of oblong form all-over decorated with a polychrome lacquered decoration of elegant scenes in a wooded landscape against gilt ground, the gilt mounts foliate engraved and with shaped thumb-piece
9cm. (3in.) wide

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