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PROBABLY RUSSIAN OR ITALIAN, CIRCA 1820
Details
A CONTINENTAL GOLD-MOUNTED HARDSTONE SNUFF-BOX
Probably Russian or Italian, circa 1820
Rectangular box, the cover, sides and base set with panels of malachite, within gold rectangular reeded gold borders and frosted gold bands chased with foliage, plain thumbpiece
3 3/8 in. (85 mm.) wide
Probably Russian or Italian, circa 1820
Rectangular box, the cover, sides and base set with panels of malachite, within gold rectangular reeded gold borders and frosted gold bands chased with foliage, plain thumbpiece
3 3/8 in. (85 mm.) wide
Provenance
Phillips, London, 10 October 1984, lot 87.
Special notice
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