λA late 18th century gilt-metal mounted pressed tortoiseshell snuff box

λA late 18th century gilt-metal mounted pressed tortoiseshell snuff box,

probably French,

upright rectangular form, with foliate decoration, scroll borders, shell scroll thumb-piece, length 7.8cm.

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 16.