A GERMAN GOLD-MOUNTED HARDSTONE SNUFF-BOX
PROBABLY SAXONY, CIRCA 1780, WITH TWO FRENCH POST-1893 IMPORT MARKS FOR GOLD
Oval box, the cover and sides set with panels of rock crystal within gold mounts chased with scrolling motifs, the cover with openwork linked scrolls, the base later set with a brown agate panel
3 1⁄4 in. (83 mm.) wide
A GERMAN GOLD-MOUNTED HARDSTONE SNUFF-BOX
PROBABLY SAXONY, CIRCA 1780, WITH TWO FRENCH POST-1893 IMPORT MARKS FOR GOLD
Oval box, the cover and sides set with panels of rock crystal within gold mounts chased with scrolling motifs, the cover with openwork linked scrolls, the base later set with a brown agate panel
3 1⁄4 in. (83 mm.) wide
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