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A GERMAN VARI-COLOUR GOLD-MOUNTED HARDSTONE SNUFF-BOX, WORKSHOP OF FRIEDRICH LUDWIG HOFFMANN, PROBABLY BERLIN, CIRCA 1760/1765

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A GERMAN VARI-COLOUR GOLD-MOUNTED HARDSTONE SNUFF-BOX
WORKSHOP OF FRIEDRICH LUDWIG HOFFMANN, PROBABLY BERLIN, CIRCA 1760/1765
oval box of cloudy quartz mounted à jour within chased vari-colour gold foliate mounts, the cover applied with four moths and a beetle sculpted out of labradorite, the legs, antennae and details of the insects engraved and blackened, with incorporated vari-colour gold thumbpiece chased with flowers and foliage
3 1/8 in. (81 mm.) wide

Provenance

A French aristocratic collection.


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A GERMAN VARI-COLOUR GOLD-MOUNTED HARDSTONE SNUFF-BOX
WORKSHOP OF FRIEDRICH LUDWIG HOFFMANN, PROBABLY BERLIN, CIRCA 1760/1765
oval box of cloudy quartz mounted à jour within chased vari-colour gold foliate mounts, the cover applied with four moths and a beetle sculpted out of labradorite, the legs, antennae and details of the insects engraved and blackened, with incorporated vari-colour gold thumbpiece chased with flowers and foliage
3 1/8 in. (81 mm.) wide

Provenance

A French aristocratic collection.

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