A GEORGE II GOLD-MOUNTED TORTOISESHELL SNUFF-BOX WITH GOLD INLAY
PROBABLY LONDON, CIRCA 1740
rectangular box with rounded corners, the cover with applied gold pierced-work inlay chinoiserie landscape scene, with birds, trees and flowers within a scrolling foliate chased border, the reverse with a central piqué gold inlay depicting a bird beside a bush, reeded gold mounts with raised scroll thumbpiece
3 5/16 in. (85 mm.) wide
A GEORGE II GOLD-MOUNTED TORTOISESHELL SNUFF-BOX WITH GOLD INLAY
PROBABLY LONDON, CIRCA 1740
rectangular box with rounded corners, the cover with applied gold pierced-work inlay chinoiserie landscape scene, with birds, trees and flowers within a scrolling foliate chased border, the reverse with a central piqué gold inlay depicting a bird beside a bush, reeded gold mounts with raised scroll thumbpiece
3 5/16 in. (85 mm.) wide
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