A three-colour gold snuff box, probably Hans Henrik Wihlborg, Stockholm, 1787,

A three-colour gold snuff box, probably Hans Henrik Wihlborg, Stockholm, 1787,

oval, in French taste, the lid and base decorated with gold pellets over wavy engine-turning within entwined coloured gold ribbon and laurel borders, the polished side panels divided by pillarets, maker’s mark rubbed, otherwise fully hallmarked for 18ct gold, in modern red leather case

6.5cm., 2 1/2in. wide

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