A GERMAN ROCOCO JEWELLED AND GOLD-MOUNTED HARDSTONE SNUFF-BOX probably Dresden, circa 1740/1750 Cartouche-shaped rust-red and grey mottled agate box with slightly raised bevelled cover and tapering curved baluster sides, the lid applied with a silver-mounted jewelled bouquet tied with a ribbon, studded with large foiled rose-cut diamonds and small rose-cut diamonds, the bright-cut and reeded gold mounts centred with a silver-mounted diamond-set floral thumbpiece 26 in. (58 mm.) wide
A GERMAN ROCOCO JEWELLED AND GOLD-MOUNTED HARDSTONE SNUFF-BOX probably Dresden, circa 1740/1750 Cartouche-shaped rust-red and grey mottled agate box with slightly raised bevelled cover and tapering curved baluster sides, the lid applied with a silver-mounted jewelled bouquet tied with a ribbon, studded with large foiled rose-cut diamonds and small rose-cut diamonds, the bright-cut and reeded gold mounts centred with a silver-mounted diamond-set floral thumbpiece 26 in. (58 mm.) wide
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