A TWO-COLOUR GOLD AND HARDSTONE SNUFF BOX, GERMAN, MID 18TH CENTURY AND LATER

A TWO-COLOUR GOLD AND HARDSTONE SNUFF BOX, GERMAN, MID 18TH CENTURY AND LATER 

of cartouche form, the mid 18th century gold collar chased with delicate flowered scrolls and shells below the reeded mount, later fitted with a bloodstone lid and base, the lid applied with a gold urn among garland-hung scrolls, the base of trefoil form bound with gold and applied with a gold flourish, lid with gold lining, unmarked 

6.3cm., 2½in. wide