Sale 2397
Amsterdam
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24 November 1998
Price realised
NLG 1,384
Estimate
A polychrome enamelled snuff box Apparently unmarked, South Staffordshire, circa 1770 The oval-shaped and lobed box depicting a figural scene in a harbour with a ship to the right and a ruine to the left, the sides and inside cover with a spray of flowers and the brass mounts profiled 13.5cm. (5.1/8in.) wide
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