A GILT-METAL MOUNTED LACQUER AND MOTHER OF PEARL SNUFF BOX, FRENCH, CIRCA 1785

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Auction Closed

January 21, 06:17 PM GMT

Estimate

1,200 - 1,800 GBP

Lot Details

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PROPERTY FROM THE COLLECTION OF LORD AND LADY FAIRHAVEN

A GILT-METAL MOUNTED LACQUER AND MOTHER OF PEARL SNUFF BOX, FRENCH, CIRCA 1785

circular, the lid inset with a glazed miniature of elegant figures before a tempietto, the lid and base decorated with alternating bands of translucent-lacquered mother of pearl and finer clustered bars of opaque pale yellow lacquer, tortoiseshell lining, apparently unmarked; together with a gilt-metal mounted tortoiseshell snuff box, circular, the lid inset with a glazed miniature of figures before a cascade in a park, French, late 18^th century, apparently unmarked

7.5cm., 3 in. wide; 8.3cm., 3¼in. wide

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