A Private Collection of Snuff Boxes & Bonbonnières - 25th April 2017
Lot 160
An 18th century gold-mounted bloodstone snuff box
Estimate £2,000 - £3,000 | Hammer £1800
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Description
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.