A GOLD-MOUNTED TORTOISESHELL SNUFF-BOX
PROPERTY FROM THE CHARSKY COLLECTION SOLD TO BENEFIT THE DENVER FOUNDATION
A GOLD-MOUNTED TORTOISESHELL SNUFF-BOX

PROBABLY RUSSIAN, CIRCA 1770

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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

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