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PROPERTY OF A HOUSTON ESTATE
A GROUP OF SNUFF BOXES AND CIGARETTE CASES
VARIOUS DATES AND MAKERS
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A GROUP OF SNUFF BOXES AND CIGARETTE CASES
VARIOUS DATES AND MAKERS
The first, a silver cigarette case, the cover and base with white and blue enamel star pattern, marked on cover and interior; the second, a silver-gilt snuff box, the cover with painted scene of putti and garlands, surrounded by a border of garnets, the sides and base chased with scrolls, apparently unmarked; a gold cigarette case, Vienna, circa 1900, rectangular, the cover and base engine-turned with a laurel-leaf border, the thumbpiece set with sapphires, apparently unmarked; a gilt-metal snuff box, oval, the cover, sides, and base with chased vertical bands and scrolls, apparently unmarked; the fifth, a French snuff box, Andre-Alexandre Guignard, Paris, 1786, oval, the cover chased with garlands in the neo-classical taste, the sides and base with conforming decoration, marked on cover, interior, interior wall, and bezel
The first 3¼ in. (8.3 cm.) long (5)
VARIOUS DATES AND MAKERS
The first, a silver cigarette case, the cover and base with white and blue enamel star pattern, marked on cover and interior; the second, a silver-gilt snuff box, the cover with painted scene of putti and garlands, surrounded by a border of garnets, the sides and base chased with scrolls, apparently unmarked; a gold cigarette case, Vienna, circa 1900, rectangular, the cover and base engine-turned with a laurel-leaf border, the thumbpiece set with sapphires, apparently unmarked; a gilt-metal snuff box, oval, the cover, sides, and base with chased vertical bands and scrolls, apparently unmarked; the fifth, a French snuff box, Andre-Alexandre Guignard, Paris, 1786, oval, the cover chased with garlands in the neo-classical taste, the sides and base with conforming decoration, marked on cover, interior, interior wall, and bezel
The first 3¼ in. (8.3 cm.) long (5)