A CONTINENTAL GILT-METAL MOUNTED HARDSTONE SNUFF-BOX SET WITH A PORCELAIN CAMEO
PROBABLY GERMAN, CIRCA 1780/1790
oval box of black onyx with chased gilt-metal mounts, the cover set with a glazed biscuit-porcelain cameo miniature
3¾ in. (95 mm.) wide
A label on the interior cover reads 'Eigenthum Sr. Kgl. Hoh. des Prinzen Albrecht von Preussen etc., Regenten d. Hrzgth. Braunschweig. Lfd. Nr. 120 abth. A', (='Property of HRH Prince Albrecht of Prussia, Regent of the Duchy of Brunswick, cat. no. 120, department A').
A CONTINENTAL GILT-METAL MOUNTED HARDSTONE SNUFF-BOX SET WITH A PORCELAIN CAMEO
PROBABLY GERMAN, CIRCA 1780/1790
oval box of black onyx with chased gilt-metal mounts, the cover set with a glazed biscuit-porcelain cameo miniature
3¾ in. (95 mm.) wide
A label on the interior cover reads 'Eigenthum Sr. Kgl. Hoh. des Prinzen Albrecht von Preussen etc., Regenten d. Hrzgth. Braunschweig. Lfd. Nr. 120 abth. A', (='Property of HRH Prince Albrecht of Prussia, Regent of the Duchy of Brunswick, cat. no. 120, department A').
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