A FRENCH GOLD SNUFF-BOX
BY SIMON ACHILLE LEGER (FL. 1815-1826), MARKED, PARIS, WITH THE THIRD STANDARD MARK FOR 18 CARAT GOLD, PARIS 1809-1819
A FRENCH GOLD SNUFF-BOX BY SIMON ACHILLE LEGER (FL. 1815-1826), MARKED, PARIS, WITH THE THIRD STANDARD MARK FOR 18 CARAT GOLD, PARIS 1809-1819 shaped rectangular, the hinged cover and base with panels of engine-turning with leaf pattern, the convex sides chased with foliate scrolls on a sablé ground, raised scroll thumbpiece, inscription inside of cover reads 'From S. Rupert Cambell & Ernest Hill to Montagu Summers as a token that he is always ready at a pinch August 3rd 1906' 2½ in. (65 mm.) wide 2 oz. (56 gr.)
A FRENCH GOLD SNUFF-BOX
BY SIMON ACHILLE LEGER (FL. 1815-1826), MARKED, PARIS, WITH THE THIRD STANDARD MARK FOR 18 CARAT GOLD, PARIS 1809-1819
A FRENCH GOLD SNUFF-BOX BY SIMON ACHILLE LEGER (FL. 1815-1826), MARKED, PARIS, WITH THE THIRD STANDARD MARK FOR 18 CARAT GOLD, PARIS 1809-1819 shaped rectangular, the hinged cover and base with panels of engine-turning with leaf pattern, the convex sides chased with foliate scrolls on a sablé ground, raised scroll thumbpiece, inscription inside of cover reads 'From S. Rupert Cambell & Ernest Hill to Montagu Summers as a token that he is always ready at a pinch August 3rd 1906' 2½ in. (65 mm.) wide 2 oz. (56 gr.)
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