PROBABLY DRESDEN, CIRCA 1740, WITH LATER DUTCH TAX AND FRENCH CONTROL MARKS
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A GERMAN ROCOCO GOLD-MOUNTED AND JEWELLED HARDSTONE SNUFF-BOX
probably Dresden, circa 1740, with later Dutch tax and French control marks
Cartouche-shaped brown and black mottled quartz box, the hinged cover carved with a stylized shell motif, concave baluster sides, the reeded gold mounts set with a slightly raised foliate thumbpiece set with silver-mounted table-cut emeralds and rose-cut diamonds
2¾ in. (70 mm.) wide
probably Dresden, circa 1740, with later Dutch tax and French control marks
Cartouche-shaped brown and black mottled quartz box, the hinged cover carved with a stylized shell motif, concave baluster sides, the reeded gold mounts set with a slightly raised foliate thumbpiece set with silver-mounted table-cut emeralds and rose-cut diamonds
2¾ in. (70 mm.) wide