A gold-mounted pietra dura snuff box, in the manner of Johann Christian Neuber, probably Dresden, circa 1780 and later oval, the body and cover of brown Chemnitz petrified wood, the lid applied with a musical trophy carved in various hardstones within a narrow gold frame, within inlaid dark red and white hardstone interlacing, inlaid simulated pearl border, the pink gold mounts engraved with scrolls and rosettes and waved on the interior, unmarked 9cm., 3 1/2 in. wide
A gold-mounted pietra dura snuff box, in the manner of Johann Christian Neuber, probably Dresden, circa 1780 and later oval, the body and cover of brown Chemnitz petrified wood, the lid applied with a musical trophy carved in various hardstones within a narrow gold frame, within inlaid dark red and white hardstone interlacing, inlaid simulated pearl border, the pink gold mounts engraved with scrolls and rosettes and waved on the interior, unmarked 9cm., 3 1/2 in. wide
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