An 18th century gold-mounted bloodstone snuff box

An 18th century gold-mounted bloodstone snuff box,

unmarked, possibly English or North German,

oval form, the reeded mount with a wavy-edge border and plain thumb-piece, bombè sides, the interior with an old collection label '12', length 6.2cm.

Provenance: a Ducal collection of Hardstone and Gold Boxes Collected by the 7th and 8th Dukes of Wellington, Bonhams, New Bond Street, 19 June 2013, lot 3.