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A Gold-Mounted Enamel, Hardstone and Tortoiseshell Snuff Box, Jean-Louis Leferre, Paris, 1798-1809

Auction Closed

October 16, 06:35 PM GMT

Estimate

7,000 - 10,000 USD

Lot Details

Description

rectangular, the lid of the plain tortoiseshell box inset with an oval sardonyx cameo of after the Antique, in a gold frame and on a gold ground chased with vine trellis, under glass in an octagonal blue enamel frame, the gold-lined interior leaving the reverse of the cameo visible which is carved with a laurel wreath, maker's mark, post-Revolutionary unregistered 3eme titre, Paris 3eme titre (1798-1809)


Length 3 ⅜ in.

8.6 cm