AN INDIAN GOLD SNUFF-BOX
PROBABLY WESTERN INDIA, 19TH CENTURY
Rectangular box, the cover sides and base with chased repoussé stylized flowers and scrolling foliage set against a stippled ground, the cover centred with a lion eating an antelope, flanked by hounds and a hunter in a turban, wielding a pistol, the base identically engraved, the side border of the lid chased with diagonal lines, raised incorporated thumbpiece
2 3/16 in. (55 mm.) wide
2¼ oz. (66 gr.)
AN INDIAN GOLD SNUFF-BOX
PROBABLY WESTERN INDIA, 19TH CENTURY
Rectangular box, the cover sides and base with chased repoussé stylized flowers and scrolling foliage set against a stippled ground, the cover centred with a lion eating an antelope, flanked by hounds and a hunter in a turban, wielding a pistol, the base identically engraved, the side border of the lid chased with diagonal lines, raised incorporated thumbpiece
2 3/16 in. (55 mm.) wide
2¼ oz. (66 gr.)
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