A Private Collection of Snuff Boxes & Bonbonnières - 25th April 2017
Lot 216
λA late 18th century gilt-metal mounted pressed tortoiseshell snuff box
Estimate £300 - £400 | Hammer £280
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Description
λA late 18th century gilt-metal mounted pressed tortoiseshell snuff box,
probably French,
upright rectangular form, with foliate decoration, scroll borders, shell scroll thumb-piece, length 7.8cm.
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 16.