A GROUP OF SEVEN CONTINENTAL SNUFF BOXES, 18TH CENTURY AND LATER, comprised of a Sèvres style porcelain bombé form example decorated with a lamb and wolf in shaped cartouche on gilt highlighted cobalt ground; two porcelain examples moulded as baskets of grapes; a porcelain bombe example decorated with floral sprays within scrolling borders, the interior lid painted with figures at harbor side; a rectangular enamel on copper box with the inscription Elta se Sabia on the lid surrounded by blossoms and scrolls; an enamel on metal shaped rectangular box with Italian city scenes; a waisted rectangular example with courtly lovers and pastoral landscapes in shaped panels on a fish-scale ground; together with a pair of enamel on copper oval dishes with playing cards surrounded by floral sprays and a reticulated border, all with damages--4 in. length of longest (9)

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A GROUP OF SEVEN CONTINENTAL SNUFF BOXES, 18TH CENTURY AND LATER, comprised of a Sèvres style porcelain bombé form example decorated with a lamb and wolf in shaped cartouche on gilt highlighted cobalt ground; two porcelain examples moulded as baskets of grapes; a porcelain bombe example decorated with floral sprays within scrolling borders, the interior lid painted with figures at harbor side; a rectangular enamel on copper box with the inscription Elta se Sabia on the lid surrounded by blossoms and scrolls; an enamel on metal shaped rectangular box with Italian city scenes; a waisted rectangular example with courtly lovers and pastoral landscapes in shaped panels on a fish-scale ground; together with a pair of enamel on copper oval dishes with playing cards surrounded by floral sprays and a reticulated border, all with damages--4 in. length of longest (9)

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