Sale 6674
London
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11 April 2002
Price realised
GBP 3,525
Estimate
A GEORGE III GOLD-MOUNTED HARDSTONE SNUFF-BOX circa 1760 Rectangular box with waisted sides, the hinged cover, sides and base set with panels of semi-translucent striated grey agate, the cover applied with gold Rococo scrolls adorned with flowers, shell thumbpiece 2 3/16 in. (55 mm.) wide
Provenance
Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, London, 29 April 1974, lot 101 (to Dreesmann). Dr Anton C. R. Dreesmann (inventory no. F-88).
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