A GEORGE II GOLD AND HARDSTONE SNUFF-BOX
LONDON, CIRCA 1730/1740
cartouche-shaped box, the cover and base set with panels of smoky honey-coloured quartz mounted à jour within reeded gold frames, the border of the cover and the sides finely chased with hunting hounds in pursuit of foxes and rabbits through a wooded landscape within foliage and diaper-work cartouches, slightly raised scroll thumbpiece
2¾ in. (70 mm.) wide
A GEORGE II GOLD AND HARDSTONE SNUFF-BOX
LONDON, CIRCA 1730/1740
cartouche-shaped box, the cover and base set with panels of smoky honey-coloured quartz mounted à jour within reeded gold frames, the border of the cover and the sides finely chased with hunting hounds in pursuit of foxes and rabbits through a wooded landscape within foliage and diaper-work cartouches, slightly raised scroll thumbpiece
2¾ in. (70 mm.) wide
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