Live Auction 12030OPULENCE .Silver . Gold Boxes . 19th Century Furniture & Works of Art
AN ITALIAN GOLD-MOUNTED HARDSTONE SNUFF-BOX
Lot 78

AN ITALIAN GOLD-MOUNTED HARDSTONE SNUFF-BOX

PROBABLY NAPLES, CIRCA 1810

Closed29 November 2016

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AN ITALIAN GOLD-MOUNTED HARDSTONE SNUFF-BOX
PROBABLY NAPLES, CIRCA 1810
rectangular reddish-brown agate box with canted corners and chased gold mounts, the cover with carved pale agate putti symbolising the Triumph of Love
3 in. (77 mm.) wide

Christie's, Geneva, 19 November 1980, lot 302.