Snuffbox With Numerous Masonic Symbols "long Live The Union"
Very interesting and curious snuff box rich in many Masonic symbols in very finely carved bone:
Sun, Phrygian cap, horn of plenty, sailboat, painter's palette, anchor, purses, beehives, plowshare...
In the center a flag bearing the words "Long live the Union" On the edge, transcribed here with the same spelling: "May this no be forever the height of our sou"
This marvelous work of miniature sculpture has a blue/green fabric as a support.
Under glass and set in a lid which seems to be made of horn lined with tortoiseshell
The other part of the snuff box is made of tortoiseshell, with a small gallery in gilded brass.
Diameter 8cm
Height: 2cm Good condition.
Work from the end of the 18th or beginning of the 19th century
Sun, Phrygian cap, horn of plenty, sailboat, painter's palette, anchor, purses, beehives, plowshare...
In the center a flag bearing the words "Long live the Union" On the edge, transcribed here with the same spelling: "May this no be forever the height of our sou"
This marvelous work of miniature sculpture has a blue/green fabric as a support.
Under glass and set in a lid which seems to be made of horn lined with tortoiseshell
The other part of the snuff box is made of tortoiseshell, with a small gallery in gilded brass.
Diameter 8cm
Height: 2cm Good condition.
Work from the end of the 18th or beginning of the 19th century
449 €
Period: 18th century
Style: Louis 15th - Transition
Condition: Good condition
Material: Horn
Reference (ID): 1530338
Availability: In stock
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