AN ENGLISH SILVER-GILT SNUFF-BOX SET WITH A HARDSTONE CAMEO by Joseph Willmore (fl. 1803 - after 1838), marked, Birmingham 1838/1839, the cameo by Angelo Antonio Amastini (1754- after 1815), signed Rectangular box, the cover, sides and base engine-turned with a horizontal wavy pattern forming small lozenges, slightly raised reeded rims, the thumbpiece cast with foliage, the cover centred with an oval calcedony cameo depicting the profile of Emperor Napoleon I (1769-1821) on a pinkish ground 3½ in. (89 mm.) wide
AN ENGLISH SILVER-GILT SNUFF-BOX SET WITH A HARDSTONE CAMEO by Joseph Willmore (fl. 1803 - after 1838), marked, Birmingham 1838/1839, the cameo by Angelo Antonio Amastini (1754- after 1815), signed Rectangular box, the cover, sides and base engine-turned with a horizontal wavy pattern forming small lozenges, slightly raised reeded rims, the thumbpiece cast with foliage, the cover centred with an oval calcedony cameo depicting the profile of Emperor Napoleon I (1769-1821) on a pinkish ground 3½ in. (89 mm.) wide
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