Lot Essay
The inside of the cover is engraved "James Ryley From his affectionate Brother Thomas Cropper 1819".
BY C. PETSCHLER, MARKED, PARIS, 1809-1819
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A French gold Snuff-Box
by C. Petschler, marked, Paris, 1809-1819
Rectangular box, the cover and base engraved with horizontal wavy engine-turning alternating with bands of stylized flowerheads, the canted sides engraved with trailing foliage on a matted ground, the sides engine-turned with a vertical money-pattern alternating with reeded bands, with matching slightly raised thumbpiece
83 mm. (3 3/8 in.) wide
(107 gr.)
by C. Petschler, marked, Paris, 1809-1819
Rectangular box, the cover and base engraved with horizontal wavy engine-turning alternating with bands of stylized flowerheads, the canted sides engraved with trailing foliage on a matted ground, the sides engine-turned with a vertical money-pattern alternating with reeded bands, with matching slightly raised thumbpiece
83 mm. (3 3/8 in.) wide
(107 gr.)