AN ITALIAN GOLD AND TORTOISESHELL SNUFF-BOX
PROBABLY NAPLES, CIRCA 1820
rectangular box with canted corners, the cover and base inset with panels of dark tortoiseshell mounted à jour within a slightly raised chased foliate gold border, engine-turned sides with slightly raised thumbpiece
3½ in. (90 mm.) wide
AN ITALIAN GOLD AND TORTOISESHELL SNUFF-BOX
PROBABLY NAPLES, CIRCA 1820
rectangular box with canted corners, the cover and base inset with panels of dark tortoiseshell mounted à jour within a slightly raised chased foliate gold border, engine-turned sides with slightly raised thumbpiece
3½ in. (90 mm.) wide
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