A GEORGE III GILT-METAL MOUNTED ENAMEL SNUFF-BOX

SOUTH STAFFORDSHIRE, CIRCA 1770

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A GEORGE III GILT-METAL MOUNTED ENAMEL SNUFF-BOX
South Staffordshire, circa 1770
Rectangular box with concave sides, enamelled with raised gilt scrolls and foliage on a light-green ground, the reserve on the slightly domed cover painted with a riverside landscape, front and rear sides with flowers, the white base with a raised gilt star, the inside mounted with a hinged flat double cover with pullpiece, wavy reeded gilt-metal mounts applied with a raised wavy thumbpiece
2 in. (52 mm.) wide

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