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

Lot 221

A 19th century French silver-gilt and silver snuff box

Estimate £250 - £300 | Hammer £480

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Description

A 19th century French silver-gilt and silver snuff box,

also marked with a Russian import mark for St. Petersburg,

oval form, engraved foliate scroll decoration, the hinged cover applied with a raised silver relief of drinking revellers, after Tenniers, foliate thumb-piece, length 8.8cm, approx. weight 4oz.