Silver & Objects of Vertu - Day 2 - 6th October 2021

Lot 773

An early 19th century gold-mounted bloodstone snuff box

Estimate £1,500 - £2,000 | Hammer £2200

+ Buyers Premium

Description

An early 19th century gold-mounted bloodstone snuff box,

by La Veuve Lefrerre, Paris,

oval form, the base formed as single piece of bloodstone, plain mounts, with hinged cover with a bloodstone panel, length 6.3cm.

Provenance: purchased from Christie's New York, Fine Silver, 30 October 1990.