MARKED AM, AND WITH AN UNICORN, CIRCA 1790
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An Irish Provincial Silver Snuff Box
marked AM, and with an unicorn, circa 1790
Of oval form, the hinged cover with reeded thumbpiece, bright-cut engraved with pounced borders and the sides with rosettes within roundels, the cover further engraved with pounced concentric circles; also a silver mounted horn snuff mull, the hinged cover embossed and chased with scrolling foliage framing a cabochon hardstone (2)
marked AM, and with an unicorn, circa 1790
Of oval form, the hinged cover with reeded thumbpiece, bright-cut engraved with pounced borders and the sides with rosettes within roundels, the cover further engraved with pounced concentric circles; also a silver mounted horn snuff mull, the hinged cover embossed and chased with scrolling foliage framing a cabochon hardstone (2)