A FRENCH JEWELLED GOLD PRESENTATION SNUFF-BOX
A FRENCH JEWELLED GOLD PRESENTATION SNUFF-BOX

STRUCK WITH THE PARISIAN POST-1838 THIRD STANDARD MARK FOR 18 CARAT GOLD

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A FRENCH JEWELLED GOLD PRESENTATION SNUFF-BOX
STRUCK WITH THE PARISIAN POST-1838 THIRD STANDARD MARK FOR 18 CARAT GOLD
rectangular box with rounded corners, the cover, sides and base boldly chased with scrolling foliage and musical trophies within scrolls on a finely reeded engine-turned ground, the cover applied with gold, enamelled and diamond-set trophies of gardening, a bee-hive and a plough, a gold-mounted diamond at each corner
3½ in. (90 mm.) wide

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