A FRENCH VARI-COLOUR GOLD SNUFF-BOX
THE PROPERTY OF A LADY (LOTS 45-46)
A FRENCH VARI-COLOUR GOLD SNUFF-BOX

MAKER'S MARK INDISTINCT, PARIS, CIRCA 1840

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A FRENCH VARI-COLOUR GOLD SNUFF-BOX
MAKER'S MARK INDISTINCT, PARIS, CIRCA 1840
rectangular box with slightly waisted sides and rounded corners, the cover and sides set with sablé panels with borders of chased vari-colour gold foliage and flowers, the base with a panel of peak-pattern engine turning within similar foliate borders, the cover centred with two male lions fighting within a trailing foliage cartouche
3½ in. (90 mm.) wide
5¼ oz. (165 gr.)

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