A GERMAN GARNET-SET GOLD-MOUNTED AMETHYST QUARTZ SNUFF BOX
PROBABLY DRESDEN, MID-18TH CENTURY
Realistically carved as the head of a pug set with garnet eyes, the cover carved with a scene of a hound under a tree in a landscape, with plain gold mounts, marked on flange of cover, unidentified
2 ¾ in. (7 cm.) long
A GERMAN GARNET-SET GOLD-MOUNTED AMETHYST QUARTZ SNUFF BOX
PROBABLY DRESDEN, MID-18TH CENTURY
Realistically carved as the head of a pug set with garnet eyes, the cover carved with a scene of a hound under a tree in a landscape, with plain gold mounts, marked on flange of cover, unidentified
2 ¾ in. (7 cm.) long