An Austro-Hungarian silver and parcel-gilt snuff box and a silver-gilt snuff box

MAKER'S MARK IG, VIENNA, 1760 AND MAKER'S MARK BADLY STRUCK IH IN RECTANGLE, POSSIBLY GERMANY, CIRCA 1760

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An Austro-Hungarian silver and parcel-gilt snuff box and a silver-gilt snuff box
Maker's mark IG, Vienna, 1760 and maker's mark badly struck IH in rectangle, possibly Germany, circa 1760
Of lozenge form, over-all engraved with a gilt flowerhead decoration in a wide band, alternated by a stiff foliate border, the inside gilt the other of oval shaped form, over-all cast with an architectural view and figures in the foreground, flanked by flowerheads and scrolls, with reeded mounts
7cm. (2.7/8in.) wide and 7cm. (2.7/8in.) wide
marked inside and on the mounts
74gr. and 54gr. (2)

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