Details
A CONTINENTAL OVAL GOLD-LINED PIQUE TORTOISESHELL SNUFF-BOX, the cover, walls and base piqué-posé with quatrefoils in dotted trelliswork, within cartouche-shaped scrolls and foliage, with waved chased gold thumbpiece and hinges, possibly Italian, circa 1760, in fitted red leather case
3½in. (8.9cm.) wide
3½in. (8.9cm.) wide
Provenance
Anon. sale, Christie's, 7 July 1982, lot 14