A GOLD-MOUNTED TORTOISE-SHELL CIRCULAR SNUFF-BOX inlaid with plique dots, stars and scalework, the detachable cover inset with a miniature of a putto playing a lyre within a landscape, the glass damaged, unmarked, probably England, late 18th Century, 6.25 cm; and a gold-mounted tortoise-shell cylindrical étui inlaid with butterflies and foliage, containing a tortoise-shell folding ruler engraved with both imperial and metric measurements, both unmarked, probably England, late 18th Century, the étui 11.5 cm long (2)

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A GOLD-MOUNTED TORTOISE-SHELL CIRCULAR SNUFF-BOX inlaid with plique dots, stars and scalework, the detachable cover inset with a miniature of a putto playing a lyre within a landscape, the glass damaged, unmarked, probably England, late 18th Century, 6.25 cm; and a gold-mounted tortoise-shell cylindrical étui inlaid with butterflies and foliage, containing a tortoise-shell folding ruler engraved with both imperial and metric measurements, both unmarked, probably England, late 18th Century, the étui 11.5 cm long (2)

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