A SAXON HARDSTONE AND GOLD SNUFF-BOX
by Johann Christian Neuber (1736-1808), Dresden, circa 1775/1780, later struck with two Parisian post-1838 restricted warranty marks for gold
Oblong box, the hinged cover, base and sides inlaid with a trelliswork pattern of diagonal bands formed by blue-grey and mocha-coloured striated agate plaques on a red carnelian ground, the gold rims with bright-cut borders, the inside gold-lined
2 7/8 in. (73 mm.) wide
A SAXON HARDSTONE AND GOLD SNUFF-BOX
by Johann Christian Neuber (1736-1808), Dresden, circa 1775/1780, later struck with two Parisian post-1838 restricted warranty marks for gold
Oblong box, the hinged cover, base and sides inlaid with a trelliswork pattern of diagonal bands formed by blue-grey and mocha-coloured striated agate plaques on a red carnelian ground, the gold rims with bright-cut borders, the inside gold-lined
2 7/8 in. (73 mm.) wide
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