Details
THREE MOTHER-OF-PEARL AND SILVER BOXES
all with no apparent marks, probably France and The Netherlands, mid-18th Century
Including a cartouche-shaped example with banded silver walls, the mother-of-pearl cover carved with an alagorical scene, the reverse carved with an urn, foliage and birds, another of rectangular form, the base with plain mother-of-pearl panel, the walls similar and carved with flowers and foliage, the cover carved with an alagorical scene within an architectural setting, the interior of the cover with a scene of a struggle painted on glass, the last of cartouche-shape, the cover with mother-of-pearl panel inlain with beaded scrollwork - 7.2cm long and smaller (3)
all with no apparent marks, probably France and The Netherlands, mid-18th Century
Including a cartouche-shaped example with banded silver walls, the mother-of-pearl cover carved with an alagorical scene, the reverse carved with an urn, foliage and birds, another of rectangular form, the base with plain mother-of-pearl panel, the walls similar and carved with flowers and foliage, the cover carved with an alagorical scene within an architectural setting, the interior of the cover with a scene of a struggle painted on glass, the last of cartouche-shape, the cover with mother-of-pearl panel inlain with beaded scrollwork - 7.2cm long and smaller (3)