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PROPERTY FROM THE CHARSKY COLLECTION SOLD TO BENEFIT THE DENVER FOUNDATION
A GOLD-MOUNTED TORTOISESHELL SNUFF-BOX
PROBABLY RUSSIAN, CIRCA 1770
Details
A GOLD-MOUNTED TORTOISESHELL SNUFF-BOX
probably Russian, circa 1770
In the Louis XV style, overall decorated with gilded geometric design, the center set with a gold-mounted painted portrait on ivory of Catherine the Great, apparently unmarked
3in. (7.6cm.) diameter
probably Russian, circa 1770
In the Louis XV style, overall decorated with gilded geometric design, the center set with a gold-mounted painted portrait on ivory of Catherine the Great, apparently unmarked
3in. (7.6cm.) diameter