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PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE COLLECTION (LOTS 207-217)
A CONTINENTAL TORTOISESHELL SNUFF-BOX WITH GOLD-INLAID AND PIQUÉ WORK DECORATION
CIRCA 1740
Details
A CONTINENTAL TORTOISESHELL SNUFF-BOX WITH GOLD-INLAID AND PIQUÉ WORK DECORATION
CIRCA 1740
Cartouche form, cover depicting Cupid racing after a fleeing man he has just pierced with one of his arrows, buildings in the distance, within a foliate and scrollwork surround incorporating masks and the label Trop Tard, base with a reclining putto with a dove in one hand in foliate scrollwork surround incorporating masks
3 1/8 in. (8 cm.) long
CIRCA 1740
Cartouche form, cover depicting Cupid racing after a fleeing man he has just pierced with one of his arrows, buildings in the distance, within a foliate and scrollwork surround incorporating masks and the label Trop Tard, base with a reclining putto with a dove in one hand in foliate scrollwork surround incorporating masks
3 1/8 in. (8 cm.) long
Provenance
From the collection of the 2nd Viscount Bearsted and thence by descent.
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