the box formed of a whole turtle shell, the front decorated with a boldly-chased rocaille shell ornament in the style of Meissonier, the hinged lid mounted with geometrically-engraved gold borders and ...

AT an auction the other day, in Paris, a small Louis XVI snuff-box, without jewels, but enriched with miniature landscapes by Van Blarenbergh, fetched the large sum of ten thousand dollars. No ...

Flattened oval plain gold box on a matted ground, the inside of the lid lined with a gold panel inset with a finely painted oval enamel miniature, within a reeded border, reeded rims, the gold hinge ...

What: A jeweled, enameled, two-tone gold snuff box estimated at $120,000 to 180,000 sold for $665,000 in a Russian Works of Art sale recently at Christie’s New York. Made by the Imperial court jeweler ...

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