A NEAPOLITAN GOLD PIQUE AND TORTOISESHELL BONBONNIERE
Lot 217

A NEAPOLITAN GOLD PIQUE AND TORTOISESHELL BONBONNIERE

MID-18TH CENTURY

Closed8 October 2013

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GBP 937

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A NEAPOLITAN GOLD PIQUE AND TORTOISESHELL BONBONNIERE
MID-18TH CENTURY
In the form of an egg, inlaid with a temple scene with scrolling foliate motifs and a greek key border, damages
2¾ in. (7 cm.) high
Together with an oval tortoiseshell and pique snuff-box- probably George III, late 18th Century, 2½ in. (5.5 cm.) wide (2)

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