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

MAKER'S MARK INDISTINCT, MARKED WITH THE ENGLISH POST-1798 STANDARD MARKS FOR 18 CARAT GOLD, THE LONDON ASSAY MARK FOR 1756-1821, THE LONDON DATE LETTER FOR 1804/1805 AND THE ENGLISH DUTY MARK FOR GOLD 1798-1804

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A GEORGE III GOLD-MOUNTED SNUFF-BOX
MAKER'S MARK INDISTINCT, MARKED WITH THE ENGLISH POST-1798 STANDARD MARKS FOR 18 CARAT GOLD, THE LONDON ASSAY MARK FOR 1756-1821, THE LONDON DATE LETTER FOR 1804/1805 AND THE ENGLISH DUTY MARK FOR GOLD 1798-1804
cartouche-shaped box, the hinged cover and base set with panels of mottled brown agate mounted à jour, the cover with broad border of chased foliage on a sablé ground, with reeded gold borders and polished gold sides
3¼ in. (85 mm.) wide

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