A GEORGE II JEWELLED GOLD-MOUNTED SNUFF-BOX
LONDON, CIRCA 1740
cartouche-shaped bloodstone box mounted à jour within reeded gold mounts, the sides chased with rocaille, flowers and foliage on a sablé gold ground, the cover centred with a shaped cartouche set with a central garnet in a chased rocaille surround with mother-of-pearl leaves and jewelled flowers
2¼ in. (57 mm.) wide
A GEORGE II JEWELLED GOLD-MOUNTED SNUFF-BOX
LONDON, CIRCA 1740
cartouche-shaped bloodstone box mounted à jour within reeded gold mounts, the sides chased with rocaille, flowers and foliage on a sablé gold ground, the cover centred with a shaped cartouche set with a central garnet in a chased rocaille surround with mother-of-pearl leaves and jewelled flowers
2¼ in. (57 mm.) wide
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