A GEORGE II GOLD AND HARDSTONE SNUFF-BOX
PROBABLY LONDON, CIRCA 1760, LATER STRUCK WITH TWO FRENCH POST-1893 IMPORT MARKS FOR GOLD
cartouche-shaped box, the cover and base each set with a panel of brown agate, the cover overlaid with gold cagework chased and embossed with a cherub within foliate scrolls and rocaille hung with garlands and lion masks, the sides chased with trailing foliage on a sablé ground within reeded borders, slightly raised scroll thumbpiece
2½ in. (65 mm.) wide
A GEORGE II GOLD AND HARDSTONE SNUFF-BOX
PROBABLY LONDON, CIRCA 1760, LATER STRUCK WITH TWO FRENCH POST-1893 IMPORT MARKS FOR GOLD
cartouche-shaped box, the cover and base each set with a panel of brown agate, the cover overlaid with gold cagework chased and embossed with a cherub within foliate scrolls and rocaille hung with garlands and lion masks, the sides chased with trailing foliage on a sablé ground within reeded borders, slightly raised scroll thumbpiece
2½ in. (65 mm.) wide
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