A French or German carved coquilla nut and bone inset figural snuff box, late 18th/early 19th century, carved as a caricature of a grinning man in hat and suit, the tails of his coat opening to the interior, approximately 8cm high CATALOGUE NOTES: Similar examples are mentioned and illustrated in Edward H. Pinto, Treen or Small Woodware throughout the Ages, London: Batsford, 1949, p. 46, illustrated plate 57
A French or German carved coquilla nut and bone inset figural snuff box, late 18th/early 19th century, carved as a caricature of a grinning man in hat and suit, the tails of his coat opening to the interior, approximately 8cm high CATALOGUE NOTES: Similar examples are mentioned and illustrated in Edward H. Pinto, Treen or Small Woodware throughout the Ages, London: Batsford, 1949, p. 46, illustrated plate 57
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