A GERMAN ROCOCO GOLD-MOUNTED HARDSTONE SNUFF-BOX

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A GERMAN ROCOCO GOLD-MOUNTED HARDSTONE SNUFF-BOX
Dresden, circa 1750

Rectangular red mottled agate box with slightly bombé sides, the gold mounts engraved with sunburst motifs within ovolos and lozenges and stylized acanthus leaves on a horizontally reeded ground, with slightly raised thumbpiece -- 81 mm wide, two minimal hairline cracks.

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