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A GOLD-MOUNTED MOTHER-OF-PEARL SNUFF-BOX
PROBABLY 19TH CENTURY IN THE STYLE OF 1720
Oval, the cover set with mother-of-pearl carved with Neptune embracing Amphitrite, riding in a shell drawn by a pair of Hippocampi, beneath a canopy, within a border of floral garlands, panniers, cupids, birds, rose-trellis, foliate scrolls, shells and wreathed male heads, with plain mother-of-pearl base, apparently unmarked
3¼in. (8.4cm.) long
PROBABLY 19TH CENTURY IN THE STYLE OF 1720
Oval, the cover set with mother-of-pearl carved with Neptune embracing Amphitrite, riding in a shell drawn by a pair of Hippocampi, beneath a canopy, within a border of floral garlands, panniers, cupids, birds, rose-trellis, foliate scrolls, shells and wreathed male heads, with plain mother-of-pearl base, apparently unmarked
3¼in. (8.4cm.) long