A GEORGE I JEWELLED GOLD-MOUNTED PIQUE TORTOISESHELL SNUFF-BOX CIRCA 1710
Oval, polished gold, the base set with a tortoiseshell plaque piqué with a parrot on a fruit basket framed by a band of geometrical motifs, the cover set with segments of tortoiseshell piqué with festoons and alternating with diamonds festoons framing a flower set with diamonds
3 in. (7.5 cm.) long
Gross weight: 3 oz. 6 dwt. (104 gr.)
Provenance
with Daniel Packer, 2004.
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Oval, polished gold, the base set with a tortoiseshell plaque piqué with a parrot on a fruit basket framed by a band of geometrical motifs, the cover set with segments of tortoiseshell piqué with festoons and alternating with diamonds festoons framing a flower set with diamonds
3 in. (7.5 cm.) long
Gross weight: 3 oz. 6 dwt. (104 gr.)
Provenance
with Daniel Packer, 2004.