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Lot 301
TWO SILVER-GILT AND TWO GILT-METAL SNUFF-BOXES
PROBABLY 19TH CENTURY
Closed8 July 2010
Price Realised
GBP 625
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TWO SILVER-GILT AND TWO GILT-METAL SNUFF-BOXES
PROBABLY 19TH CENTURY
Ingot-shaped, all over engine-turned with bright-cut diaper pattern panels within fluted borders, the hinged cover centred with a chased rocaille cartouche within scrolling foliate border, slightly raised incorporated silver thumbpiece, French, maker's mark P.A.G.; together with, a rectangular box, the hinged cover with deeply chased scrolling foliate borders, the sides and slightly domed base engine-turned with horizontal reeding; together with, two gilt-metal snuff-boxes, one ingot-shaped, the cover and sides sides chased with raised repoussé and scrolling foliage, the cover set with a decorative miniature on ivory of a lady; the other rectangular, the cover and base engine-turned with scalework pattern, the cover with scrolling foliate chased border, hinged lid with slightly raised thumbpiece
2¾ in. (71 mm.) to 5 in. (128 mm.) wide (4)
PROBABLY 19TH CENTURY
Ingot-shaped, all over engine-turned with bright-cut diaper pattern panels within fluted borders, the hinged cover centred with a chased rocaille cartouche within scrolling foliate border, slightly raised incorporated silver thumbpiece, French, maker's mark P.A.G.; together with, a rectangular box, the hinged cover with deeply chased scrolling foliate borders, the sides and slightly domed base engine-turned with horizontal reeding; together with, two gilt-metal snuff-boxes, one ingot-shaped, the cover and sides sides chased with raised repoussé and scrolling foliage, the cover set with a decorative miniature on ivory of a lady; the other rectangular, the cover and base engine-turned with scalework pattern, the cover with scrolling foliate chased border, hinged lid with slightly raised thumbpiece
2¾ in. (71 mm.) to 5 in. (128 mm.) wide (4)
TWO SILVER-GILT AND TWO GILT-METAL SNUFF-BOXES
PROBABLY 19TH CENTURY
Ingot-shaped, all over engine-turned with bright-cut diaper pattern panels within fluted borders, the hinged cover centred with a chased rocaille cartouche within scrolling foliate border, slightly raised incorporated silver thumbpiece, French, maker's mark P.A.G.; together with, a rectangular box, the hinged cover with deeply chased scrolling foliate borders, the sides and slightly domed base engine-turned with horizontal reeding; together with, two gilt-metal snuff-boxes, one ingot-shaped, the cover and sides sides chased with raised repoussé and scrolling foliage, the cover set with a decorative miniature on ivory of a lady; the other rectangular, the cover and base engine-turned with scalework pattern, the cover with scrolling foliate chased border, hinged lid with slightly raised thumbpiece
2¾ in. (71 mm.) to 5 in. (128 mm.) wide (4)
PROBABLY 19TH CENTURY
Ingot-shaped, all over engine-turned with bright-cut diaper pattern panels within fluted borders, the hinged cover centred with a chased rocaille cartouche within scrolling foliate border, slightly raised incorporated silver thumbpiece, French, maker's mark P.A.G.; together with, a rectangular box, the hinged cover with deeply chased scrolling foliate borders, the sides and slightly domed base engine-turned with horizontal reeding; together with, two gilt-metal snuff-boxes, one ingot-shaped, the cover and sides sides chased with raised repoussé and scrolling foliage, the cover set with a decorative miniature on ivory of a lady; the other rectangular, the cover and base engine-turned with scalework pattern, the cover with scrolling foliate chased border, hinged lid with slightly raised thumbpiece
2¾ in. (71 mm.) to 5 in. (128 mm.) wide (4)
Albert Edward John, 7th Earl Spencer (1892-1975), Catalogue of Snuff Boxes at Althorp, 1937, no. 41
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