A Private Collection of Snuff Boxes & Bonbonnières - 25th April 2017

Lot 190

λA mid 18th century silver-mounted ivory and piqué snuff box

Estimate £600 - £800

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Description

λA mid 18th century silver-mounted ivory and piqué snuff box,

circa 1740,

the cover decorated with a stag resting under a tree, with reeded silver hinge mount and an unusual seated lion thumb-piece, the base with piqué leaf motif, length 8.8cm..