λAn early 19th-century gold-mounted tortoiseshell and hardstone intaglio snuff box,

λAn early 19th-century gold-mounted tortoiseshell and hardstone intaglio snuff box,
unmarked, circa 1820,
rectangular form, plain gold mounts, the hinged cover with a scroll and shell thumb-piece and inlaid with a carved oval agate intaglio with Flora emptying the horn of plenty into a basket held by Cupid while flowers rain from the heavens, probably Southern German, late 17^th century, the interior rim inscribed 'Major Gen. The Hon^ble Sir C. Greville K. C. B. Obt 2 Dec^r 1836 Æ^t 57', length 8.2cm.