A Private Collection of Snuff Boxes & Bonbonnières - 25th April 2017
Lot 46
λA 19th century French gold-mounted black Bois Durci snuff box
Estimate £150 - £250 | Hammer £160
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Description
λA 19th century French gold-mounted black Bois Durci snuff box,
signed DEFRANCE FECIT,
circular form, the pull-of cover pressed with a scene of the new buildings of the Palais Royal in Paris, inlaid with a striped inlaid gold borders, some losses, tortoiseshell lining, diameter 7.8cm.