A GERMAN GOLD-MOUNTED HARDSTONE SNUFF-BOX ATTRIBUTED TO JOHANN CHRISTIAN NEUBER , DRESDEN, CIRCA 1770
Oval gold-mounted box, the cover, sides and base of interwoven vari-coloured ribbon agate, the cover and base each centred with tapering strips of agate in the shape of lichen set with carnelian, within chased gold mounts with floral gold thumbpiece, the interior lined with striated agate within polished gold mounts
31⁄3 in. (85 mm.) wide
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Hallstein Collection.
Sotheby's, London, 9 November 1964, lot 111.
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Oval gold-mounted box, the cover, sides and base of interwoven vari-coloured ribbon agate, the cover and base each centred with tapering strips of agate in the shape of lichen set with carnelian, within chased gold mounts with floral gold thumbpiece, the interior lined with striated agate within polished gold mounts
31⁄3 in. (85 mm.) wide
Provenance
Hallstein Collection.
Sotheby's, London, 9 November 1964, lot 111.
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