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A CONTINENTAL FOUR-COLOUR GOLD SNUFF-BOX
MAKER'S MARK MV(?), CIRCA 1839
Oblong with bombé sides, with a crisply chased and engraved four-colour gold border of scrolling foliage and flowers on a matted ground around an octagonal panel of waved engine-turning, the shaped thumbpiece with similar decoration, the base with an engine-turned panel within a chased and engraved vine border, the sides with scolling foliage and vines, on matted ground, marked in the base and cover and on the flange
3 5/8in. (7.1cm.) long
MAKER'S MARK MV(?), CIRCA 1839
Oblong with bombé sides, with a crisply chased and engraved four-colour gold border of scrolling foliage and flowers on a matted ground around an octagonal panel of waved engine-turning, the shaped thumbpiece with similar decoration, the base with an engine-turned panel within a chased and engraved vine border, the sides with scolling foliage and vines, on matted ground, marked in the base and cover and on the flange
3 5/8in. (7.1cm.) long