A SILVER-MOUNTED GILT-METAL AND MOTHER-OF-PEARL SNUFF-BOX CIRCA 1750 Rectangular box with canted corners, the gilt-metal body applied with mother-of-pearl panels, that on the cover engraved in the centre with an English Ducal coronet with the motto " CRAIGNEZ HONTE " surrounded by Chinoiserie scenes, within a floral border, the sides and corners similarly engraved with cartouches of flowers and Chinoiserie, the base with a scrolling flower within a scalloped border, reeded silver mounts with slightly raised thumbpiece 89mm. (3½in.) wide
A SILVER-MOUNTED GILT-METAL AND MOTHER-OF-PEARL SNUFF-BOX CIRCA 1750 Rectangular box with canted corners, the gilt-metal body applied with mother-of-pearl panels, that on the cover engraved in the centre with an English Ducal coronet with the motto " CRAIGNEZ HONTE " surrounded by Chinoiserie scenes, within a floral border, the sides and corners similarly engraved with cartouches of flowers and Chinoiserie, the base with a scrolling flower within a scalloped border, reeded silver mounts with slightly raised thumbpiece 89mm. (3½in.) wide
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