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PROBABLY DRESDEN, CIRCA 1790
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A GERMAN SILVER-GILT MOUNTED HARDSTONE SNUFF-BOX
PROBABLY DRESDEN, CIRCA 1790
Rectangular petrified wood box, the interior of the base silver-gilt, slightly raised incorporated thumbpiece
3½ in. (90 mm.) wide
PROBABLY DRESDEN, CIRCA 1790
Rectangular petrified wood box, the interior of the base silver-gilt, slightly raised incorporated thumbpiece
3½ in. (90 mm.) wide
Literature
Albert Edward John, 7th Earl Spencer (1892-1975), Catalogue of Snuff Boxes at Althorp, 1937, no. 20
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