A CONTINENTAL GOLD, ENAMEL AND GEM-SET SNUFF BOX
PROBABLY GERMAN, CIRCA 1850
Cartouche-form, the surface applied with scrolls and rocaille, the sides and base also with engraved scrolls and engine-turning, the cover set with a translucent blue guilloché oval panel within a diamond-set surround and centering the diamond-set initial M beneath Imperial crown, the cover also set with six flanking pastes, apparently unmarked
3¾ in. (9.6 cm.) long
A CONTINENTAL GOLD, ENAMEL AND GEM-SET SNUFF BOX
PROBABLY GERMAN, CIRCA 1850
Cartouche-form, the surface applied with scrolls and rocaille, the sides and base also with engraved scrolls and engine-turning, the cover set with a translucent blue guilloché oval panel within a diamond-set surround and centering the diamond-set initial M beneath Imperial crown, the cover also set with six flanking pastes, apparently unmarked
3¾ in. (9.6 cm.) long
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