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PROPERTY FROM A EUROPEAN COLLECTION (LOTS 19-28)
A GEORGE II JEWELLED GOLD SNUFF-BOX
MAKER'S MARK P. P. CROWNED, LONDON, CIRCA 1750
Details
A GEORGE II JEWELLED GOLD SNUFF-BOX
MAKER'S MARK P. P. CROWNED, LONDON, CIRCA 1750
cartouche-shaped box, the cover chased and engraved with a floral spray and a butterfly on a sablé gold ground, with flowers and foliage set with rubies and diamonds, the sides and base chased and engraved with classical ruins, foliage, scrolls and shells within shaped cartouches of polished gold with reeded borders, slightly raised scroll thumbpiece
2¾ in. (70 mm.) wide
MAKER'S MARK P. P. CROWNED, LONDON, CIRCA 1750
cartouche-shaped box, the cover chased and engraved with a floral spray and a butterfly on a sablé gold ground, with flowers and foliage set with rubies and diamonds, the sides and base chased and engraved with classical ruins, foliage, scrolls and shells within shaped cartouches of polished gold with reeded borders, slightly raised scroll thumbpiece
2¾ in. (70 mm.) wide
Provenance
Christie's, Geneva, 15 November 1988, lot 142.
Brought to you by
Dido Penny