AN ITALIAN GOLD SNUFF-BOX
MARKED, TURIN, CIRCA 1820
pocket-shaped box with rounded corners, the cover and base with panels of ovolos and diamond-shaped pellets within wavy, reeded engine-turning, the four rounded sablé sides stamped with scrolling foliage within polished gold borders, the cover centred with a rectangular vacant cartouche with slightly raised chased thumbpiece
3 7/16 in. (87 mm.) wide
2 2/3 oz. (78 gr.)
AN ITALIAN GOLD SNUFF-BOX
MARKED, TURIN, CIRCA 1820
pocket-shaped box with rounded corners, the cover and base with panels of ovolos and diamond-shaped pellets within wavy, reeded engine-turning, the four rounded sablé sides stamped with scrolling foliage within polished gold borders, the cover centred with a rectangular vacant cartouche with slightly raised chased thumbpiece
3 7/16 in. (87 mm.) wide
2 2/3 oz. (78 gr.)
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