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https://www.decorativecollective.com/dealers/walpolesAn early eighteenth century snuffbox made from tortoiseshell decorated with silver pique together with applied silver leaves; the two halves joined with a silver band, the raised hinged lid with a pierced silver design of two birds meeting over a flaming heart.
Probably northern Italy, circa 1720.
Some forgivable losses.
3 in x 2.25 in