A SILVER-MOUNTED MOTHER-OF-PEARL TOBACCCO-BOX
PROPERTY FROM THE PORTLAND COLLECTION (LOTS 397-485)
A SILVER-MOUNTED MOTHER-OF-PEARL TOBACCCO-BOX

APPARENTLY UNMARKED, 18TH CENTURY

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A SILVER-MOUNTED MOTHER-OF-PEARL TOBACCCO-BOX
APPARENTLY UNMARKED, 18TH CENTURY
Circular, the pull-off cover set with a mother-of-pearl plaque carved with figures in a landscape within flower and foliage border, the base set with a mother-of-pearl plaque carved with a Chinese landscape, the sides set with variously carved mother-of-pearl panels, with plain silver borders, the inside silver-lined
3 5/8 in. (9.3 cm.) diam.

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