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A GERMAN GOLD-MOUNTED MOTHER-OF-PEARL SNUFF-BOX
circa 1800, with Dutch importation marks 1831-1893, the mother-of-pearl panels early 18th Century
Rectangular box, the mother-of-pearl panels carved with "Perseus rescuing Andromeda" on the cover, "Susanna and the Elders" on the front wall, "Judith and Holofernes" on the rear wall, "David and Bathsheba" and "Joseph and Potiphar's wife" on the side walls, the cagework mounts engraved with stylized acanthus, the base with a similarly framed engine-turned gold panel -- 79 mm wide.
circa 1800, with Dutch importation marks 1831-1893, the mother-of-pearl panels early 18th Century
Rectangular box, the mother-of-pearl panels carved with "Perseus rescuing Andromeda" on the cover, "Susanna and the Elders" on the front wall, "Judith and Holofernes" on the rear wall, "David and Bathsheba" and "Joseph and Potiphar's wife" on the side walls, the cagework mounts engraved with stylized acanthus, the base with a similarly framed engine-turned gold panel -- 79 mm wide.