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A gold filigree snuff box, European, mid-18th century
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Description
of asymmetrical shape, the lid and base overlaid with gold filigree in two slightly different heights on a matted ground, centred with a flowerhead set with a gold half bead, the sides chased with roses and other flowers within scrolls on a matted ground, apparently unmarked apart from later post-1918 French control marks,
in fitted red leather case
5.5cm., 2 1/8 in. wide
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of asymmetrical shape, the lid and base overlaid with gold filigree in two slightly different heights on a matted ground, centred with a flowerhead set with a gold half bead, the sides chased with roses and other flowers within scrolls on a matted ground, apparently unmarked apart from later post-1918 French control marks,
in fitted red leather case
5.5cm., 2 1/8 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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