Rectangulaire à pans coupés en agate fossilisée et irisée, les montures ciselées d’une frise de bourgeons et baies, l’appuie-pouce en guirlande feuillagée et fleurie centrée d’une opale blanche ovale, apparemment sans poinçon
L.: 9 cm. (3 in.)
Poids brut: 158 gr. ( 5 oz. 1 dwt.)

AN AUSTRIAN THREE-COLOUR GOLD-MOUNTED HARDSTONE SNUFF-BOX, PROBABLY VIENNA, CIRCA 1790
Rectangular with cut corners, formed of panels of opalescent and fossilised agate within rose gold mounts chased with pearls and foliage, the push button set with a white opal framed by two flowers on branch, apparently unmarked

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