GOLD AND HARDSTONE NECESSAIRE, GOLD SNUFF BOX, GOLD CANE HANDLE
Wednesday, February 17th, 2010A THREE-COLOUR GOLD AND HARDSTONE TOOTHPICK
CASE of oblong form, the lid applied with an oval stone carved with the profile portrait of a nobleman, in the Antique manner, scroll-chased gold border, the body of petrified wood with gold mounts and coloured gold thumb piece chased with leaves and rosettes, 10cm. wide, circa 1785, cameo ground [...]