Fine ca. 1890 French Table Snuff Box Brass & Pewter Inlaid Faux Tortoiseshell for Sale

Fine ca. 1890 French Table Snuff Box Brass & Pewter Inlaid Faux Tortoiseshell For Sale

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Fine ca. 1890 French Table Snuff Box Brass & Pewter Inlaid Faux Tortoiseshell:
$142.00

OUTSTANDING VICTORIAN LACQUERED PAPIER-MACHE TABLE SNUFF BOXI've collected small boxes of merit for over fifty years. Time for these antique gems to find appreciative new hands!
This beauty is a rarity on several counts. Noteworthy attributes include:
unusually large (1.4" h. 4.1" w. 1.6" d.)
amazing copper, gold and green metallic filaments embedded in marbleized ground
atypical oblong form with gently domed top
stout 7-knuckle brass hinge secured with large exposed screwheads
exceptionally fine original condition - absent damage or repair!

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