A CONTINENTAL TWO-COLOUR GOLD-MOUNTED RHODONITE SNUFF-BOX
A CONTINENTAL TWO-COLOUR GOLD-MOUNTED RHODONITE SNUFF-BOX
POSSIBLY AUSTRIA, 19TH CENTURY
Large rectangular box with rounded corners, the cover and base in rhodonite, the gold mounts finely chased with a frieze of flowering foliage on sablé ground within borders of stiff leaves
3 1/8 in. (80 mm.) long
Provenance
A Ducal Collection of Hardstone Boxes: Collected by the 7th Duke of Wellington; Bonhams, London, 19 June 2013, lot 8.
Purchased from Sotheby's through Tessiers, 1 June 1964, £176.
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A CONTINENTAL TWO-COLOUR GOLD-MOUNTED RHODONITE SNUFF-BOX
POSSIBLY AUSTRIA, 19TH CENTURY
Large rectangular box with rounded corners, the cover and base in rhodonite, the gold mounts finely chased with a frieze of flowering foliage on sablé ground within borders of stiff leaves
3 1/8 in. (80 mm.) long
Provenance
A Ducal Collection of Hardstone Boxes: Collected by the 7th Duke of Wellington; Bonhams, London, 19 June 2013, lot 8.
Purchased from Sotheby's through Tessiers, 1 June 1964, £176.
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