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CIRCA 1720
Details
A CONTINENTAL BLONDE TORTOISESHELL SNUFF-BOX WITH CUT-OUT GOLD DECORATION
CIRCA 1720
Oblong with rounded corners, the cover finely decorated with a pinned-on group of nine ladies and gentlemen dancing in a ring with hands linked, flanked by musicians seated in pavillions, with architecture and swags of flowers overhead, under the pavillions a basket of fruit and a jug with two glasses
3¼ in. (8.5 cm.) long
CIRCA 1720
Oblong with rounded corners, the cover finely decorated with a pinned-on group of nine ladies and gentlemen dancing in a ring with hands linked, flanked by musicians seated in pavillions, with architecture and swags of flowers overhead, under the pavillions a basket of fruit and a jug with two glasses
3¼ in. (8.5 cm.) long
Provenance
From the collection of the 2nd Viscount Bearsted and thence by descent.
Special notice
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