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PROPERTY FROM THE COLLECTION OF THE LATE SIR ARTHUR AND ROSALINDE
GILBERT
(LOTS 381-387)
A GERMAN GOLD-MOUNTED HARDSTONE SNUFF-BOX
PROBABLY DRESDEN, CIRCA 1830
Details
A GERMAN GOLD-MOUNTED HARDSTONE SNUFF-BOX
PROBABLY DRESDEN, CIRCA 1830
rectangular orange agate box, the cover and side agate panels wheel-cut with figures, scrolls and foliage, the base panel of polished agate, mounted à jour within chased gold mounts with wavy interior borders, the cover corners with c-scrolls
2¾ in. (70 mm.) wide
PROBABLY DRESDEN, CIRCA 1830
rectangular orange agate box, the cover and side agate panels wheel-cut with figures, scrolls and foliage, the base panel of polished agate, mounted à jour within chased gold mounts with wavy interior borders, the cover corners with c-scrolls
2¾ in. (70 mm.) wide
Provenance
M. Hakim, London.
Literature
C. Truman, The Gilbert Collection of Gold Boxes, Los Angeles, 1991, cat. no. 83, pp. 242-244.
Brought to you by
Matilda Burn
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