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A moss agate snuff box with jewelled mounts, Paris, mid-19th century

Lot Closed

November 15, 02:08 PM GMT

Estimate

4,000 - 6,000 CHF

Lot Details

Description

A moss agate snuff box with jewelled silver-gilt mounts, Paris, mid-19th century


oval, all sides carved in moss agate reminiscent of a wintery forest, the hinged lid embellished with a small marcasite-set thumbpiece, French maker’s mark BJC or BC with a baton as the différent in a horizontal lozenge, post-1838 French boar’s head control mark,

6cm., 2⅜in. wide