A GEORGE III-STYLE JEWELLED AND GOLD-MOUNTED HARDSTONE BONBONNIERE
LATE 19TH CENTURY, THE MOUNTS STRUCK WITH TWO FRENCH POST-1864 IMPORT MARKS FOR GOLD
egg-shaped ochre-brown moss-agate box with hinged lid, with gadrooned and reeded central gold mount, the pierced foliate thumbpiece applied with three rose-cut diamonds set in rosebud-shaped silver collets, the hinged scroll suspension ring on spreading foliate mount
2¾ in. (72 mm.) high, including ring
A GEORGE III-STYLE JEWELLED AND GOLD-MOUNTED HARDSTONE BONBONNIERE
LATE 19TH CENTURY, THE MOUNTS STRUCK WITH TWO FRENCH POST-1864 IMPORT MARKS FOR GOLD
egg-shaped ochre-brown moss-agate box with hinged lid, with gadrooned and reeded central gold mount, the pierced foliate thumbpiece applied with three rose-cut diamonds set in rosebud-shaped silver collets, the hinged scroll suspension ring on spreading foliate mount
2¾ in. (72 mm.) high, including ring