A Louis XV silver-gilt snuff box, makers mark indistinct, 1744/45, cartouche-shaped box with wavy outlines and slightly receding base, the cover and base chased and engraved with intertwined diagonal parallel branches of scrolling foliage with flowers on a matted ground, the sides with canted corners similarly engraved with scrolls and shellwork, reeded rims with incorporated slightly raised wavy thumbpiece 3¼in. (83mm.) wide 3⅝oz. (106gr.) Provenance: Property from the estate of the late Betty, Lady Grantchester Anonymous sale; Christie's, London, 22 May 2001, lot 22.
A Louis XV silver-gilt snuff box, makers mark indistinct, 1744/45, cartouche-shaped box with wavy outlines and slightly receding base, the cover and base chased and engraved with intertwined diagonal parallel branches of scrolling foliage with flowers on a matted ground, the sides with canted corners similarly engraved with scrolls and shellwork, reeded rims with incorporated slightly raised wavy thumbpiece 3¼in. (83mm.) wide 3⅝oz. (106gr.) Provenance: Property from the estate of the late Betty, Lady Grantchester Anonymous sale; Christie's, London, 22 May 2001, lot 22.
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