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A GOLD-MOUNTED CIRCULAR TORTOISE-SHELL SNUFF-BOX
French, late 18th/early 19th Century
The cover inset with a half-length miniature of a young woman wearing a red jacket trimmed with fur and gold braid and a white fichu and turban, the figure seated beside a baize-covered gaming table, signed by Angelo Emilio Lapi (1769-1852), within a narrow stylised foliate-engraved border - 18.25cm
French, late 18th/early 19th Century
The cover inset with a half-length miniature of a young woman wearing a red jacket trimmed with fur and gold braid and a white fichu and turban, the figure seated beside a baize-covered gaming table, signed by Angelo Emilio Lapi (1769-1852), within a narrow stylised foliate-engraved border - 18.25cm