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                            A SAXON VARI-COLOUR GOLD-MOUNTED HARDSTONE SNUFF-BOX
                            PROBABLY DRESDEN, CIRCA 1740
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                                            A SAXON VARI-COLOUR GOLD-MOUNTED HARDSTONE SNUFF-BOX
PROBABLY DRESDEN, CIRCA 1740
shaped rectangular box of amethyst quartz, with waisted sides and incurved corners, the cover and front side overlaid with pierced gold cagework depicting a putto beside a dolphin cascade within a rocaille cartouche and an eagle and a squirrel within scrolls, reeded gold borders with slightly raised vari-colour gold sablé thumbpiece chased with a bird seated on a branch
2 3/8 in. (55 mm.) wide
                                        
                                    PROBABLY DRESDEN, CIRCA 1740
shaped rectangular box of amethyst quartz, with waisted sides and incurved corners, the cover and front side overlaid with pierced gold cagework depicting a putto beside a dolphin cascade within a rocaille cartouche and an eagle and a squirrel within scrolls, reeded gold borders with slightly raised vari-colour gold sablé thumbpiece chased with a bird seated on a branch
2 3/8 in. (55 mm.) wide
荣誉呈献
            
                Victoria Drummond