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SILVER
(LOTS 238-287)
A CONTINENTAL SILVER-GILT VIOLIN-FORM SNUFF-BOX
PROBABLY GERMANY, CIRCA 1750
Details
A CONTINENTAL SILVER-GILT VIOLIN-FORM SNUFF-BOX
Probably Germany, circa 1750
In the form of a miniature violin, the hinged back engraved with baroque decoration, opening to reveal a compartment; together with a gilt-metal snuff box, circa 1750, rectangular with engine-turned panels, the cover with a couple at a piano in a rococo landscape; and a gilt-metal etui, circa 1750, now converted to a lighter, oval with rococo flowers, each apparently unmarked
The violin-form snuff-box 4¼in. (11cm.) long; 54gr. (3)
Probably Germany, circa 1750
In the form of a miniature violin, the hinged back engraved with baroque decoration, opening to reveal a compartment; together with a gilt-metal snuff box, circa 1750, rectangular with engine-turned panels, the cover with a couple at a piano in a rococo landscape; and a gilt-metal etui, circa 1750, now converted to a lighter, oval with rococo flowers, each apparently unmarked
The violin-form snuff-box 4¼in. (11cm.) long; 54gr. (3)