A GILT-METAL MOUNTED TORTOISESHELL MINIATURE SNUFF BOX FRENCH, EARLY 19TH CENTURY

PROPERTY FROM THE COLLECTION OF LORD AND LADY FAIRHAVEN

A GILT-METAL MOUNTED TORTOISESHELL MINIATURE SNUFF BOX FRENCH, EARLY 19TH CENTURY

Circular, the lid set with a fixé sous verre double landscape miniature of a natural arch and classical ruins, divided by black and white grotesques; together with two blond tortoiseshell snuff boxes, both circular, the lids set with fixé sous verre miniatures representing pastoral landscapes, French, late 18th century, one gold-mounted, the other gilt-metal mounted, both apparently unmarked
8cm., 3⅛in. wide; 6.5cm., 2⅝in. wide; 6cm., 2⅜in. wide

Condition Report:
First, generally good, paint a little perished at edge, gilt mount rubbed
Second, paint a little perished, one gold mount partially detached
Third, paint probably compromised in small spots; tortoiseshell a little nibbled

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