A SAXON ROCOCO GILT-METAL MOUNTED HARDSTONE SNUFF-BOX
A SAXON ROCOCO GILT-METAL MOUNTED HARDSTONE SNUFF-BOX

DRESDEN, HOFFMANN WORKSHOP, CIRCA 1770

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A SAXON ROCOCO GILT-METAL MOUNTED HARDSTONE SNUFF-BOX
Dresden, Hoffmann workshop, circa 1770
Oval box of white quartz, the cover incrusted with a motif depicting a butterfly and a bee on a flower, in various partly engraved hardstones including striated red agate, the reeded gilt-metal mounts with slightly raised wavy thumbpiece
81 mm. (3.1/4 in.) wide