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A gold-mounted hardstone snuff box, London, circa 1760
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of quatrefoil shape, the lid and base set with a panel of nougat-coloured agate, the lid overlaid with chased gold openwork decorated with a cherub playing the trumpet, flanked by two lion masks, crowned by a pagoda, within elaborately chased borders of birds, rabbits and snails on a sablé ground within strapwork, repeated along the sides, slightly raised thumbpiece, apparently unmarked apart from later French hibou control mark
6.6 cm., 2 5/8 in. wide
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of quatrefoil shape, the lid and base set with a panel of nougat-coloured agate, the lid overlaid with chased gold openwork decorated with a cherub playing the trumpet, flanked by two lion masks, crowned by a pagoda, within elaborately chased borders of birds, rabbits and snails on a sablé ground within strapwork, repeated along the sides, slightly raised thumbpiece, apparently unmarked apart from later French hibou control mark
6.6 cm., 2 5/8 in. wide
Fabergé, Gold Boxes, Vertu & Imperial Works of Art
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34-35 New Bond Street
London
W1A 2AA
United Kingdom
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