A Rectangular Two-Color Gold and Ivory Portrait Presentation Snuff Box, John Northam, London, 1807

rectangular, the lid later set with a circular portrait miniature of Margaret Power, Countess of Blessington (1789-1849), after Sir Thomas Lawrence, painted on ivory, in a rose gold locket frame, surrounded by scrolling foliage on a sablé ground, within chased yellow gold borders, the base and sides similarly decorated, fully hallmarked 

Length 3 ¼ in.

8.4 cm

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