A GOLD AND TORTOISESHELL SNUFF-BOX

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A GOLD AND TORTOISESHELL SNUFF-BOX
Paris, 1819-38, maker's initials JL

Oblong with concave walls, the cover set with a chased and engraved gold plaque depicting a battle field with Turks being defeated by Europeans/Chrisitians, within a stylised foliage border and with plain gold mounts and lining, tortoiseshell cracked, marked in the cover base and wall and on the flange - 3 3/8in. (9.3cm.) long

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