A Park Avenue Treasury: The Alan and Simone Hartman Collection

A Park Avenue Treasury: The Alan and Simone Hartman Collection

View full screen - View 1 of Lot 264. A Jeweled and Gold-Mounted Animal-Shaped Hardstone Snuff Box, Probably German, in Mid-Eighteenth Century Taste.

A Jeweled and Gold-Mounted Animal-Shaped Hardstone Snuff Box, Probably German, in Mid-Eighteenth Century Taste

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June 18, 02:00 PM GMT

Estimate

7,000 - 10,000 USD

Bid

2,800 USD

Lot Details

Description

carved in spotted hardstone as a lurking pudgy leopard baring his diamond teeth and the tip of a red hardstone tongue, garnet eyes, resting on a plain gold mount with a slender bow-shaped thumbpiece, the lid of slightly darker stone, apparently unmarked


Length 3 3/8 in.

8.6 cm

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