A CONTINENTAL BLONDE TORTOISESHELL SNUFF-BOX WITH CUT-OUT GOLD DECORATION
CIRCA 1720
Oblong with rounded corners, the cover finely decorated with a pinned-on group of nine ladies and gentlemen dancing in a ring with hands linked, flanked by musicians seated in pavillions, with architecture and swags of flowers overhead, under the pavillions a basket of fruit and a jug with two glasses
3¼ in. (8.5 cm.) long
A CONTINENTAL BLONDE TORTOISESHELL SNUFF-BOX WITH CUT-OUT GOLD DECORATION
CIRCA 1720
Oblong with rounded corners, the cover finely decorated with a pinned-on group of nine ladies and gentlemen dancing in a ring with hands linked, flanked by musicians seated in pavillions, with architecture and swags of flowers overhead, under the pavillions a basket of fruit and a jug with two glasses
3¼ in. (8.5 cm.) long