A CONTINENTAL TWO-COLOUR GOLD SNUFF BOX
MARK OF AN INCUSE "T" BETWEEN TWO INDISTINCT OVAL MARKS, POSSIBLY SWISS, CIRCA 1830
Oblong with stiff leaf borders, cover decorated with two hippocamps flanking a basket of flowers surrounded by roses and foliage on a textured ground, the engine-turned base centred by a roundel depicting a basket of fruiting vines
3 1/8 in. long (8 cm.)
2 oz. (approx. 62 gm.)
A CONTINENTAL TWO-COLOUR GOLD SNUFF BOX
MARK OF AN INCUSE "T" BETWEEN TWO INDISTINCT OVAL MARKS, POSSIBLY SWISS, CIRCA 1830
Oblong with stiff leaf borders, cover decorated with two hippocamps flanking a basket of flowers surrounded by roses and foliage on a textured ground, the engine-turned base centred by a roundel depicting a basket of fruiting vines
3 1/8 in. long (8 cm.)
2 oz. (approx. 62 gm.)
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