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SIX VARIOUS SILVER AND SILVER-MOUNTED SNUFF BOXES
mainly The Netherlands, various makers, the latter The Hague, 18th Century
Comprising: a plain oval example with tortoiseshell lid and base - 8cm wide, two oval examples with hardstone lids and bases, an oval example, the ivory lid with piqué floral decoration, an example formed from a mounted seashell, with carved tortoiseshell cover, and a novelty example modelled as a book, the two "covers" engraved with musical trophies (6)
mainly The Netherlands, various makers, the latter The Hague, 18th Century
Comprising: a plain oval example with tortoiseshell lid and base - 8cm wide, two oval examples with hardstone lids and bases, an oval example, the ivory lid with piqué floral decoration, an example formed from a mounted seashell, with carved tortoiseshell cover, and a novelty example modelled as a book, the two "covers" engraved with musical trophies (6)