A jewelled, gold and aventurine Imperial presentation snuff-box, unmarked but probably Mexican, circa 1865 oval, the brown aventurine quartz lid applied with the emerald and diamond-set enamelled crowned cypher of Emperor Maximilian (1832-1867) and his consort Carlota (1840-1927), the base and sides with panels of cherub heads and urns among flowers, flange thumbpiece, apparently unmarked 7.8cm., 3 1/16 in wide
A jewelled, gold and aventurine Imperial presentation snuff-box, unmarked but probably Mexican, circa 1865 oval, the brown aventurine quartz lid applied with the emerald and diamond-set enamelled crowned cypher of Emperor Maximilian (1832-1867) and his consort Carlota (1840-1927), the base and sides with panels of cherub heads and urns among flowers, flange thumbpiece, apparently unmarked 7.8cm., 3 1/16 in wide
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