SWISS GOLD-MOUNTED HARDSTONE DESK SEAL-1820 ca.
The gold base decorated with floral enamels. The matrix engraved with an inscription in Gothic English script.
6 cm (in. 2.4) high
A Queen Anne mounted tortoiseshell snuff box, of oval outline with stand-away hinges, the cover decorated with a pique work pattern resembling a scallop shell, unmarked, 1710-20, 3.4in (8cm) long.
A George I mounted tortoiseshell snuff box, of plain oblong form with a shaped, stand-away hinge, the cover with a pique-work pattern of formal foliage within a pelleted border, the interior with a scratched inscription "Luta, at his fate will ne'er repine Cesar, take ye world, be thou mine", unmarked 1705-1715, 3.1in (7.7cm) long.
