A CONTINENTAL JEWELLED GOLD-MOUNTED HARDSTONE SNUFF-BOX
A CONTINENTAL JEWELLED GOLD-MOUNTED HARDSTONE SNUFF-BOX

PROBABLY GERMAN, CIRCA 1760

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A CONTINENTAL JEWELLED GOLD-MOUNTED HARDSTONE SNUFF-BOX
PROBABLY GERMAN, CIRCA 1760
oval bloodstone box, the cover overlaid with chased gold cagework depicting a figure seated on a sea-shell spearing a creature in the water, silver-mounted foliate thumbpiece set with precious stones
2 3/8 in. (62 mm.) wide

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