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PROBABLY WESTERN INDIA, 19TH CENTURY
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AN INDIAN GOLD SNUFF-BOX
PROBABLY WESTERN INDIA, 19TH CENTURY
rectangular box, the hinged cover, sides and base with chased repoussé stylized flowers and scrolling foliage set against a stippled ground, the cover centred with a lion eating an antelope, flanked by hounds and a hunter in a turban wielding a pistol, the base identically engraved, the side border of the cover chased with diagonal lines, raised incorporated thumbpiece
2 3/16 in. (55 mm.) wide
2 oz. (65 gr.)
PROBABLY WESTERN INDIA, 19TH CENTURY
rectangular box, the hinged cover, sides and base with chased repoussé stylized flowers and scrolling foliage set against a stippled ground, the cover centred with a lion eating an antelope, flanked by hounds and a hunter in a turban wielding a pistol, the base identically engraved, the side border of the cover chased with diagonal lines, raised incorporated thumbpiece
2 3/16 in. (55 mm.) wide
2 oz. (65 gr.)
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