THREE TORTOISESHELL SNUFF-BOXES
Lot 230

THREE TORTOISESHELL SNUFF-BOXES

THE SILVER MOUNTS OF ONE WITH MARK GDC, TOWN MARK INDISTINCT, CIRCA 1740

Closed12 September 2018

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GBP 500

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THREE TORTOISESHELL SNUFF-BOXES
THE SILVER MOUNTS OF ONE WITH MARK GDC, TOWN MARK INDISTINCT, CIRCA 1740
Comprising a cartouche-shaped box with hinged cover and base each set with a dark tortoiseshell panel within reeded mounts, an oblong tortoiseshell box containing three tortoiseshell dice and a George II silver-mounted tortoiseshell box
4 ½ in. (117 mm.) wide and smaller

The oval box: The Collection of the Marquis and Marquise de Ravenel; sold Christie’s, London, 21-22 November 2007, lot 494.
The cartouche-shaped box: Anonymous sale; Nagel, Stuttgart, 3 April 2008, lot 31.