A Private Collection of Snuff Boxes & Bonbonnières - 25th April 2017
Lot 157
A 19th century Austrian jewel-set
Estimate £2,000 - £3,000 | Hammer £2600
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Description
A 19th century Austrian jewel-set, agate and enamelled-gold mounted snuff box
unmarked apart from later French import marks,
oval, the cover and base carved from striated agate with bands of brown separated by distinct white lines around a crystalline centre, the gold hinge mount with black and white floral enamel border, with applied diamond-set and coloured stone thumb-piece, length 9.5cm.