Fine Silver & Objects of Vertu - 28th October 2015
Lot 557
λA late 18th century French gold mounted green lacquered portrait snuff box
Estimate £1,000 - £1,500
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Description
λA late 18th century French gold mounted green lacquered portrait snuff box,
Paris circa 1797,
circular form, the base and cover with gold mounts, tortoiseshell lined, the pull-off cover with a painted scene under glass of figures in a classical landscape, in the manner of Antoine Taunay, diameter 7.9cm