Snuffboxes and Сigarette Сases

Snuffbox inlaid with carnelian and agate

    Snuffbox inlaid with carnelian and agate

    Saxony, Dresden

    Circa 1780

    Master Neuber I.

    Gold, carnelian, agate; Inlay work, carving, guilloché

    3.8 x 8.1 cm

    Marks: “V” in rectangular shield

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    Round gold snuffbox is with a hinged lid. The surface of the snuffbox is inlaid with plates of banded agate and carnelian, forming ornamental patterns: a multi-petaled rosette and a braided pattern on the lid, a braided pattern with the frieze of intersecting keel-shaped arches on the body. The rim and lid edges are decorated with carved ornament forming a braided pattern.

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