A GEORGE III JEWELLED AND ENAMELLED GOLD SNUFF-BOX BY ALEXANDER JAMES STRACHAN (FL. 1799-1850), MARKED, LONDON, 1804 rectangular box with waisted sides and rounded corners, the sides and base set with panels of engine-turning within polished gold frames, the cover later centred with a circular plaque painted en grisaille, on ivory, depicting Cupid amidst foliage, on a translucent blue enamel engine-turned ground within a seed-pearl border and diamond-set outer frame 3 1/8 in. (80 mm.) wide
A GEORGE III JEWELLED AND ENAMELLED GOLD SNUFF-BOX BY ALEXANDER JAMES STRACHAN (FL. 1799-1850), MARKED, LONDON, 1804 rectangular box with waisted sides and rounded corners, the sides and base set with panels of engine-turning within polished gold frames, the cover later centred with a circular plaque painted en grisaille, on ivory, depicting Cupid amidst foliage, on a translucent blue enamel engine-turned ground within a seed-pearl border and diamond-set outer frame 3 1/8 in. (80 mm.) wide
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