Horn Snuff Box In Book Form
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Pre 1900 item# 418544
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707-876-3392
$550
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Sometimes the chic of an object lies not it its perfect preservation but rather in its marks of a well-used life. In its youth, this white-horn snuff box, formed to resemble a missal, was probably alive with brilliant enamels applied to the geometric designs engraved on its top and sides. Now it is smooth and worn like a piece of driftwood, the horn taking on the look of fossilized ivory. Approximately 3-3/4 inches by 2-1/2 inches by 7/8 of an inch deep, it is French and dated 1863 in Roman n ...click for details
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Brass-Bound Horn Snuff Box
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Pre 1900 item# 418483
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707-876-3392
$325
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In unusually fine state of preservation, this handsome French country snuff box is formed of blond horn studded and bound with brass. Engraved with stylized designs of birds and flowers and highlighted with deep yellow stain and inlaid red enamel, this fine folk art piece dates from the mid-Nineteenth Century and measures approximately 4-1/8 inches by 2-3/4 inches and 7/8 of an inch deep. (For a charmingly time-worn example, see Trocadero item 418544.)
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