Sold for $594

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Lot Description

A Collection of Nine English and Continental Boxes

18th Century and Later

comprising a continental silver and tortoise-shell mounted snuff box, an enamel on copper bonbonnière in the form of love birds, a George III silver vinaigrette marked for Thomas Purver & Edward Furnace, London, 1808, an Edwardian silver and hardstone-mounted snuff box marked for Aide & Lovekin Ltd., Birmingham, 1908, four continental silver snuff boxes and a treen example.
Width of widest 3 1/4 inches.

Sold to Benefit the Acquisition Fund of the Indianapolis Museum of Art at Newfields

Condition Report

Tortoise shell mounted example with chipping and loses to edge of one tortoise shell plaque. Enamel bird-form snuff box not attached to lid. Treen example lacking a carved central medallion on one side. Larger agate mounted example with a crack in one side of case. Additional images available upon request.

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