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Details
A GEORGE II JEWELLED AGATE AND GOLD SNUFF-BOX
ENGLISH, CIRCA 1750
Boat-shaped box, the grey agate body overlaid with a stamped gold cagework pierced and chased with reeded scrolls and floral swags, the cover applied with further ruby and diamond-studded sprays of flowers and foliage, circular stand-base, flaring reeded gold thumbpiece
64 mm. wide
ENGLISH, CIRCA 1750
Boat-shaped box, the grey agate body overlaid with a stamped gold cagework pierced and chased with reeded scrolls and floral swags, the cover applied with further ruby and diamond-studded sprays of flowers and foliage, circular stand-base, flaring reeded gold thumbpiece
64 mm. wide
Provenance
The Property of a Gentleman
Sold Christie's, Geneva, 19 November 1970, lot 87, illustr. colour frontispiece
Sold Christie's, Geneva, 19 November 1970, lot 87, illustr. colour frontispiece