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A horn oval snuff box
the cover depicting figures kneeling before soldiers (the family of Darius imploring Alexander the Great for the Medo-Persian's body?), late 18th century -- 10cm. wide; a pressed wood circular box, the lid with a child being devoured by a lion whilst its distraught mother look on, with the legend LE LION DE FLORENCE inthe exergue; and a burr wood box with integral hinge. (2)
the cover depicting figures kneeling before soldiers (the family of Darius imploring Alexander the Great for the Medo-Persian's body?), late 18th century -- 10cm. wide; a pressed wood circular box, the lid with a child being devoured by a lion whilst its distraught mother look on, with the legend LE LION DE FLORENCE inthe exergue; and a burr wood box with integral hinge. (2)