Lot Essay
A hardstone snuff-box with a decoration in the same technique, attributed to Josef Wolfgang Schmidt, Vienna, was sold Sotheby's, Geneva, 15 November 1990, lot 61.
THE PROPERTY OF A NOBLEMAN
AN AUSTRIAN GOLD-MOUNTED SHELL AND HARDSTONE SNUFF-BOX
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AN AUSTRIAN GOLD-MOUNTED SHELL AND HARDSTONE SNUFF-BOX
CIRCA 1800
Oval box of green quartz mottled with russet inclusions, the cover and four side panels applied with Chinoiserie scenes sculpted in gold, tinted shell, bone, hardstone and mother-of-pearl, the gold mounts engraved with paterae, jewelled thumbpiece
85mm. (3 3/8in.) wide
CIRCA 1800
Oval box of green quartz mottled with russet inclusions, the cover and four side panels applied with Chinoiserie scenes sculpted in gold, tinted shell, bone, hardstone and mother-of-pearl, the gold mounts engraved with paterae, jewelled thumbpiece
85mm. (3 3/8in.) wide