A gilt-metal mounted snuff box , ENGLISH, LATE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY | Christie's

Sale 9754

Portrait Miniatures, Objects of Vertu, Icons, Russian and

London, South Kensington

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2 December 2003

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Lot 127

A gilt-metal mounted snuff box

ENGLISH, LATE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY

Price realised

GBP 294

Estimate

GBP 250 - GBP 300

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A gilt-metal mounted snuff box
ENGLISH, LATE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY
modelled in the form of a ripening apple -- 3.5cms.
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