Exbury House: Le Goût Rothschild  - 5th October 2022

Lot 152

A SILVER-GILT MOUNTED AGATE SNUFF BOX

Estimate £1,500 - £2,000

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Description

A SILVER-GILT MOUNTED AGATE SNUFF BOX

UNMARKED, C.1830

of rounded rectangular form, the hinged cover and base set with agate panels and the cover decorated with a foliate border

8.5cm long

Provenance

Alfred de Rothschild (1842-1918) Halton House, Buckinghamshire

Lionel de Rothschild (1882-1942)

Edmund de Rothschild (1916-2009)

The Trustees of Exbury House