A GEORGE III GOLD-MOUNTED SNUFF-BOX
A CONTINENTAL GOLD SNUFF-BOX

STAMPED '750', PROBABLY LATE 19TH EARLY 20TH CENTURY

Details
A CONTINENTAL GOLD SNUFF-BOX
STAMPED '750', PROBABLY LATE 19TH EARLY 20TH CENTURY
cartouche-shaped box of mid-eighteenth century style, the hinged cover and base with coloured glass panels simulating agate and painted on cover in gold leaf with a stag hunt and legend of St Teresia, the base similarly decorated with a stag between trees, with polished gold sides and reeded borders
3 in. (75 mm.) wide
Provenance
Christie's, South Kensington, 28 September 2010, lot 583.

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