Live Auction 14226Opulence: Silver, Gold Boxes, 19th Century Furniture & Works of Art
A GEORGE II-STYLE GOLD-MOUNTED HARDSTONE SNUFF-BOX
Lot 80

A GEORGE II-STYLE GOLD-MOUNTED HARDSTONE SNUFF-BOX

19TH CENTURY

Closed6 June 2017

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A GEORGE II-STYLE GOLD-MOUNTED HARDSTONE SNUFF-BOX
19TH CENTURY
cartouche-shaped box of striated agate with fluted sides, the cover set with a cameo of the Emperor Augustus, within a sablé gold border enamelled with colourful flowers and foliage, the mounts with similar decoration
2 in. (52 mm.) wide

Christie's, Geneva, 12 May 1987, lot 262, (As George II, London, circa 1750).