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with original box by Garrard's
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A GEORGE III TWO-COLORED GOLD SNUFF BOX
MAKER'S MARK CB, PROBABLY FOR CORNELIUS BLAND, LONDON, 1778
Oval, the rose gold sides with yellow gold borders of applied acanthus leaves on matte ground, the base and hinged cover of yellow gold with similar yellow gold border, each centered with a matte rose gold oval patera, marked on interior and cover--2¾in. (7cm.) long
MAKER'S MARK CB, PROBABLY FOR CORNELIUS BLAND, LONDON, 1778
Oval, the rose gold sides with yellow gold borders of applied acanthus leaves on matte ground, the base and hinged cover of yellow gold with similar yellow gold border, each centered with a matte rose gold oval patera, marked on interior and cover--2¾in. (7cm.) long