PROPERTY FROM THE COLLECTION OF LORD AND LADY FAIRHAVEN
A GILT-METAL MOUNTED TORTOISESHELL MINIATURE SNUFF BOX FRENCH, EARLY 19TH CENTURY
Auction Closed
January 21, 06:17 PM GMT
Estimate
1,200 - 1,800 GBP
Lot Details
Description
PROPERTY FROM THE COLLECTION OF LORD AND LADY FAIRHAVEN
A GILT-METAL MOUNTED TORTOISESHELL MINIATURE SNUFF BOX FRENCH, EARLY 19TH CENTURY
Circular, the lid set with a fixé sous verre double landscape miniature of a natural arch and classical ruins, divided by black and white grotesques; together with two blond tortoiseshell snuff boxes, both circular, the lids set with fixé sous verre miniatures representing pastoral landscapes, French, late 18th century, one gold-mounted, the other gilt-metal mounted, both apparently unmarked
8cm., 3⅛in. wide; 6.5cm., 2⅝in. wide; 6cm., 2⅜in. wide
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