A Jeweled and Gold-Mounted Animal-Shaped Hardstone Snuff Box, Probably German, in Mid-Eighteenth Century Taste
No reserve
Auction Closed
June 18, 05:01 PM GMT
Estimate
7,000 - 10,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
carved in spotted hardstone as a lurking pudgy leopard baring his diamond teeth and the tip of a red hardstone tongue, garnet eyes, resting on a plain gold mount with a slender bow-shaped thumbpiece, the lid of slightly darker stone, apparently unmarked
Length 3 3/8 in.
8.6 cm
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