Sale 2397
Amsterdam
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24 November 1998
Price realised
NLG 1,153
Estimate
A tortoise shell and three-colour gold snuff box Maker's mark of Robert Jean August, Paris, 1762/1768 Of oblong form, the cover set with an architectural building in three-colour gold partly realistically engraved, with shaped and foliate engraved thumb-piece 8.8cm. (3.7/8in.) wide marked on the inside hinged mounts
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