A set of four silver-inlaid tortoiseshell counter boxes, probably German, circa 1720

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November 13, 03:45 PM GMT

Estimate

5,000 - 7,000 GBP

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Description

Property of an Important European Collection

A set of four silver-inlaid tortoiseshell counter boxes, probably German, circa 1720

of slightly waisted rectangular outline, each tortoiseshell box decorated with an allegory of one of the four seasons in finely engraved silver inlay work, each lid applied with a dial revealing a numeral below a second windowed dial above, centred by club, heart, diamond or spade, each containing twenty oblong, ten circular and five rectangular counters with the same symbol; the outer case of marquetry wood, velvet-lined interior with fitted compartments, with key

case 20cm., 8 in. wide; boxes 8.8cm., 3 1/2 in wide

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