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A GOLD-MOUNTED AGATE SNUFF-BOX
probably English or German, circa 1760
Oblong, the cover mounted à cage with putti playing musical instruments, a violin, pipes and a music score, within foliate scrolls and flower garlands, with reeded mounts and scroll and fluted thumbpiece, crack and minor chips to agate, remounted, apparently unmarked - 3in. (7.6cm.) long
probably English or German, circa 1760
Oblong, the cover mounted à cage with putti playing musical instruments, a violin, pipes and a music score, within foliate scrolls and flower garlands, with reeded mounts and scroll and fluted thumbpiece, crack and minor chips to agate, remounted, apparently unmarked - 3in. (7.6cm.) long