A jewelled two-coloured gold and hardstone snuff box, probably German, 19th century in earlier taste

A jewelled two-coloured gold and hardstone snuff box, probably German, 19th century in earlier taste

oval, the lid formed of a brown hardstone panel carved with a rustic scene in front of a hilly landscape with a village in the distance, a shepherd and two sheep to the right, mounted in interlaced reeded gold borders centred with a richly jewelled thumbpiece of nine emeralds, seven diamonds and two rubies within foliage, the sides chased with gardeners, shepherds and farm animals in landscape, on a finely engine-turned wavy ground, the base chased with a young man pushing his wheelbarrow, a dog by his side, on a tree-flanked landscape on chased sun-burst background within interlaced footim, the base of the interior engraved: Souvenir / WSD / 1830, apparently unmarked, 

weight: 89.1 g

length 2⅝in.; 6,5 cm.

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Tabatière en or de deux couleurs et pierre dure, probablement Allemagne, XIXe siècle, dans le goût du XVIIIe siècle

ovale, le couvercle formé d'un panneau de pierre dure brune sculptée, les montures centrées d'un appui-pouce à neuf émeraudes, sept diamants et deux rubis, gravée à l'intérieur Souvenir / WSD/ 1830, apparemment non poinçonnée

weight: 89.1 g

length 2⅝in.; 6,5 cm.