A fossilized wood and silver gilt mounted oval snuff box, unmarked, English, second half 17th century, with engraved filigree scroll mounts, the conforming scroll base centred by a flower head, 2cm (0.75in) high, 10.7cm (4.25in) wide, 8.8cm (3.5in) deep See Christie's King Street sale 'Important Silver' 19th November 2002, lot 136 for a bezoar-stone case with comparable filigree scrolls. Also Butler, Robin 'The Albert Collection: Five Hundred Years of British and European Silver', p.306, no. 614
A fossilized wood and silver gilt mounted oval snuff box, unmarked, English, second half 17th century, with engraved filigree scroll mounts, the conforming scroll base centred by a flower head, 2cm (0.75in) high, 10.7cm (4.25in) wide, 8.8cm (3.5in) deep See Christie's King Street sale 'Important Silver' 19th November 2002, lot 136 for a bezoar-stone case with comparable filigree scrolls. Also Butler, Robin 'The Albert Collection: Five Hundred Years of British and European Silver', p.306, no. 614
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