A CONTINENTAL HARDSTONE SNUFF BOX MOUNTED IN GOLD AND JEWELS, PROBABLY GERMAN, 18TH-19TH CENTURY
Auction Closed
October 25, 08:20 PM GMT
Estimate
5,000 - 7,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
A CONTINENTAL HARDSTONE SNUFF BOX MOUNTED IN GOLD AND JEWELS, PROBABLY GERMAN, 18TH-19TH CENTURY
rectangular, the cover mounted with silver-gilt figure of Diana with her hound, probably 18th century, the front with hare impaled by an arrow, surrounded by gem-set scrolls and matching thumbpiece
length 2⅝ in.
6.6 cm
Lesley and Emma Sheafer Collection, Bequest of Emma A. Sheafer, 1973
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, sold
Replica Shoes 's, New York, October 27, 2017, lot 61