Reference:
smsnts125
Description:
A fine and rare snuff box in tortoiseshell. In the center, framed by
pattern of mother of pearl dots, there is a portrait of a gentleman
executed in inlaid shaded and engraved gold. The figure appears to
be wearing ermine and has flowing hair, in the fashion of the second
half of the seventeenth century, or early eighteenth century. The
ermine points to royalty, so perhaps it is meant to be a king,
English or French. (Charles II?).
Origin: English.
Circa: circa
1750-70
Materials: Tortoiseshell,
gold and mother of pearl.
Size: 3.5"across. 9cm.
Condition: small
loss of pewter inlay around dots. Chips on the base. |
