THREE REPOUSSÉ AND INCISED SNUFFBOXES Greece and Western Ottoman Provinces, 19th century

THREE REPOUSSÉ AND INCISED SNUFFBOXES
Greece and Western Ottoman Provinces, 19th century
Comprising an oval-shaped snuffbox, the lid opening on both ends, one side decorated with a repoussé circular tower with adjacent rectangular compounds, possibly an Eastern Church, amidst lush foliage and Neoclassical volutes, the back engraved with a floral bouquet within a frame of rosettes and vegetal tendrils, the sides engraved with wiggly lines, 7.5cm x 9.2cm; a similar rectangular snuffbox, the front decorated with a minaret within a polylobed arch amidst birds and vegetal tendrils, the back with a heart-shaped arabesque surmounted by a bird to the centre and rosette scrollwork to the border, the sides with a band of continuous vegetal scrolls, 6.5cm x 5.5cm; and a shell-shaped small snuffbox, the lid encrusted with a coral bead and decorated with lush foliage and rosettes, 5cm x 6.8cm.
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