AN ITALIAN GOLD-MOUNTED TORTOISESHELL AND GOLD PIQUÉ SNUFF-BOX
PROBABLY NAPLES, CIRCA 1780
circular dark tortoiseshell box with inlaid gold piqué borders, the cover inset with a carved ivory relief depicting a woman reading before an altar to love, with two putti in a classical landscape, within a chased gold frame
2¾ in. (68 mm.) diam.
AN ITALIAN GOLD-MOUNTED TORTOISESHELL AND GOLD PIQUÉ SNUFF-BOX
PROBABLY NAPLES, CIRCA 1780
circular dark tortoiseshell box with inlaid gold piqué borders, the cover inset with a carved ivory relief depicting a woman reading before an altar to love, with two putti in a classical landscape, within a chased gold frame
2¾ in. (68 mm.) diam.
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