Lot Essay
For other snuff-boxes by Morel, see lots 19 and 25.
Details
A RESTORATION GOLD AND HARDSTONE SNUFF-BOX
by Gabriel-Raoul Morel, Paris, 1819-1838
Rectangular box, the cover, sides and base decorated with panels of an engine-turned scale pattern within reeded borders, the cover set with a slightly domed oval agate plaque striated with concentrical circles in various shades of brown and white, mounted à jour -- 81 mm deep.
by Gabriel-Raoul Morel, Paris, 1819-1838
Rectangular box, the cover, sides and base decorated with panels of an engine-turned scale pattern within reeded borders, the cover set with a slightly domed oval agate plaque striated with concentrical circles in various shades of brown and white, mounted à jour -- 81 mm deep.