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two silver snuff boxes
Estimate
1,500 - 2,000 GBP
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Description
- silver, ivory
- The former, 7.6cm, 3 in wide
the first, the base and hinged lid cast with mythological vignettes within rococo borders, maker's mark BAB a sun, Blois, 1739-1740, 7.6cm, 3in wide, 101.8gr, 3oz 4dwt ; the other inset with ivory panel on hinged lid carved with an equestrian battle scene, another on the underside similarly decorated with a military trophy, possibly German, circa 1730, 6.8cm, 2 7/8 in wide
Literature
Exh. Cat. Couven-Museum Aachen, 2003, no. 75 & no. 107
Catalogue Note
See catalogue note at Sothebys.com