A Private Collection of Snuff Boxes & Bonbonnières - 25th April 2017
Lot 241
A 18th century silver-gilt mounted agate snuff box
Estimate £600 - £800 | Hammer £600
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Description
A 18th century silver-gilt mounted agate snuff box,
unmarked,
shaped rectangular form, reeded mounts and plain thumb-piece, shaped bombè sides, the interior with an old collection label '51', 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 39.