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A GEORGE II STYLE GOLD-MOUNTED AGATE SNUFF-BOX
English, circa 1860
Oval brown agate box, tapering from the bevelled base towards the cover, with reeded gold mounts and slightly raised scrolling thumbpiece, the slightly concave sides applied with a pierced and chased gold scroll, the slightly domed agate cover plaque with herborized inclusions and framed by a stamped gold cagework of reeded c-scrolls embellished with flowerheads -- 51 mm wide
English, circa 1860
Oval brown agate box, tapering from the bevelled base towards the cover, with reeded gold mounts and slightly raised scrolling thumbpiece, the slightly concave sides applied with a pierced and chased gold scroll, the slightly domed agate cover plaque with herborized inclusions and framed by a stamped gold cagework of reeded c-scrolls embellished with flowerheads -- 51 mm wide