A GERMAN GOLD-MOUNTED HARDSTONE SNUFF-BOX
A GERMAN GOLD-MOUNTED HARDSTONE SNUFF-BOX

PROBABLY DRESDEN, CIRCA 1850

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A GERMAN GOLD-MOUNTED HARDSTONE SNUFF-BOX
PROBABLY DRESDEN, CIRCA 1850
realistically carved from amethystine quartz as the head of a pug, faceted foiled red paste eyes, reeded gold mounts with slightly raised thumbpiece
2 3/8 in. (60 mm.) high
Provenance
Sotheby's, London, 5 March 1998, lot 67.

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