AN ITALIAN ROCOCO TORTOISESHELL SNUFF-BOX INLAID WITH SILVER PIQUE
PROBABLY NAPLES, CIRCA 1720/1730
cartouche-shaped tortoiseshell box with tapering bombé sides and mid-rib, the hinged cover inlaid with silver piqué in the form of a scallop shell, with foliage, symbols of love, birds and putti centred by the figure of Eve, within a leaf border, silver piqué motif to base, chased silver hinge
3½ in. (83 mm.) wide
AN ITALIAN ROCOCO TORTOISESHELL SNUFF-BOX INLAID WITH SILVER PIQUE
PROBABLY NAPLES, CIRCA 1720/1730
cartouche-shaped tortoiseshell box with tapering bombé sides and mid-rib, the hinged cover inlaid with silver piqué in the form of a scallop shell, with foliage, symbols of love, birds and putti centred by the figure of Eve, within a leaf border, silver piqué motif to base, chased silver hinge
3½ in. (83 mm.) wide
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