FOUR SNUFF BOXES, EUROPEAN, 18TH AND EARLY 19TH CENTURY | Four snuff boxes, European, 18th and early 19th century

comprising: an oval silver snuff box, the hinged lid set with an alfresco gaming and carousing scene in carved mother of pearl, unmarked, probably Dutch, 2nd quarter of the 18th century, 10.7cm., 4 ¼ in.; an oblong silver-mounted double-lidded hardstone snuff box, unmarked, early 19th century, 9cm., 3 ½ in.; a cartouche-shaped silver snuff box, the sides and hinged lid engraved with vignettes, gilt interior, the underside stamped: ‘1705,’ maker’s (?) mark M?, circa 1730, 7.2cm., 2 ¾ in.; and a mussel shell box engraved with the date 1761, the metal-mounted hinged lid set with a fragment of a Cantonese gaming counter, probably English or Scottish, mid-late 19th century, 9.8cm., 3 7/8 in. wide

the first in good condition, slight discolouration to the mother of pearl on the lower right side of the lid; tth the double-lidded hardstone box with two thre slighly loose panels on the front and left side (movable within their mounts), the mounts slightly bent in the upper corners; the third and the fourth with some surface wear
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