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A tortoiseshell snuff box with silver-gilt mounts, Continental, circa 1730

Lot Closed

May 15, 01:04 PM GMT

Estimate

6,000 - 8,000 CHF

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Lot Details

Description

formed of a whole shell of a geometric tortoise (Psammobates geometricus), with polished silver-gilt mounts, the interior lined in silver-gilt, the inside of the hinged lid engraved with the crest of the Alnwick family of London, apparently unmarked,


length 8.5 cm; 3 1/4 in.

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Belonging to a Country House in Oxford, England, since the early 20th century