ANGLETERRE, VERS 1730, APPAREMMENT SANS POINCON

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TABATIERE EN AGATE ET OR D'EPOQUE GEORGE II
ANGLETERRE, VERS 1730, APPAREMMENT SANS POINCON
En forme de cartouche, toutes les faces en agate, la monture à cage d'or émaillée de fleurs et feuillages roses, bleus, blancs et vert
Longueur: 80 mm. (3 1/8 in.)

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Galerie J. Kugel, Paris.

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Further details

A GEORGE II GOLD-MOUNTED AGATE SNUFF-BOX
CIRCA 1730, UNMARKED
Cartouche-shaped, all sides set with red agate panels, the mounts à cage d'or enamelled in pink, blue, white and green with flowers and foliage

Use of agate panels is particularly characteristic of English boxes made in the second quarter of the eighteenth century. For a similar snuff-box, see K. Snowman, Eighteenth Century Gold Boxes of Europe, London, 1990, p. 268, pl. 544.

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拍品专文

L'utilisation de panneaux en agate est caractéristique des boîtes anglaises du second quart du XVIIIème siècle. Pour un exemple similaire, voir K. Snowman, Eighteenth Century Gold Boxes of Europe, London, 1990, p. 268, pl. 544.

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