Live Auction 9502Christie's Interiors
A NEAPOLITAN TORTOISESHELL AND GOLD PIQUE SNUFF-BOXE
Lot 214

A NEAPOLITAN TORTOISESHELL AND GOLD PIQUE SNUFF-BOXE

MID-18TH CENTURY

Closed8 October 2013

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GBP 1,062

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A NEAPOLITAN TORTOISESHELL AND GOLD PIQUE SNUFF-BOXE
MID-18TH CENTURY
Of canted outline inlaid with a dot and scroll decoration
2½ in. (6.5 cm.) wide
Together with a gold-inlaid tortoiseshell toothpick case- mid-18th Century -- 3½ in. (9 cm.) long and a circular gold-inlaid tortoiseshell snuff box 2 in. (5 cm.) diameter (3)

From the collection of the 2nd Viscount Bearsted and thence by descent.