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APPARENLTLY UNMARKED, CIRCA 1720
Details
A GEORGE I SILVER-MOUNTED TORTOISESHELL AND MOTHER-OF-PEARL SNUFF-BOX
APPARENLTLY UNMARKED, CIRCA 1720
Oval, the cover set with a tortoiseshell panel applied with chinoiserie mother-of-pearl and silver figures beneath a baldachino with musicians, the sides plain, the base tortoiseshell
3¼ in. (8.4 cm.) wide
APPARENLTLY UNMARKED, CIRCA 1720
Oval, the cover set with a tortoiseshell panel applied with chinoiserie mother-of-pearl and silver figures beneath a baldachino with musicians, the sides plain, the base tortoiseshell
3¼ in. (8.4 cm.) wide
Provenance
Displayed in the Drawing Room of the Private Apartment of H.R.H. The Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon (1930-2002) at Kensington Palace.
Special notice
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