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A LOUIS-PHILIPPE ENGINE-TURNED GOLD SNUFF-BOX INSET WITH AN ANTIQUE COIN
by Alexandre Leferre, Paris, circa 1840/1845
Upright oblong gold snuff-box, the cover, base and sides engine-turned with a zig-zag pattern, the hinged cover centered by a small antique silver coin mounted à jour and framed by a circular reeded border flanked by scrolls and palmettes, with slightly raised plain thumbpiece -- 86 mm wide
by Alexandre Leferre, Paris, circa 1840/1845
Upright oblong gold snuff-box, the cover, base and sides engine-turned with a zig-zag pattern, the hinged cover centered by a small antique silver coin mounted à jour and framed by a circular reeded border flanked by scrolls and palmettes, with slightly raised plain thumbpiece -- 86 mm wide