A cedarwood and horn snuff box

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A cedarwood and horn snuff box
the yew wood cover inset with a plaque incised with IF 1690, the sides with bands of tarsia dots, the interior with a further covered central compartment, English, late 17th century -- 3 7/8in. (10cm) diam
See Illustration.

Lot Essay

COMPARATIVE LITERATURE:
Owen Evan-Thomas, Domestic Utensils of Wood, Stobart Davies, Hertford 1973. Page 97, comparative examples illustrated plate 38.

For comparative examples see Sotheby's, the W.J. Shepherd Collection of Treen, 30 November 1983, lots 482 and 483.

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