Its simple and sober shape like a pebble is very pleasant and soft in the hand, especially since particular care has been taken to create the perfectly smooth hinge which follows the shape just like t[...]
Snuffbox :
Eclesiastic, decorated on the lid of a crisifiction. On the box are represented all the instruments of the Passion.
Brass crimping and hinge.
France,
Horn, brass.
Louis XIV.
Beautiful Dutch silver-plated copper snuffbox and unusual because it is nicely set with three garnets on its lid. The decoration is engraved with characters, animals, symbols, and lines of writing in [...]
A silver tobacco box commemorating the Martyred King Charles I (c.1600-1649).
English, circa 1675.
Measures 8.1 x 6.4 x 2cm.
Weighs 103.4 grams.
The detachable cover of the box is set with[...]
Tobacco rasp in Limoges enamel representing a Benedictine with his crozier in his hand under a bunch of apples.
In the upper part a draped decoration and in the lower part a garland of apples toppe[...]
Tobacco grater:
Decorated with a floral motif with its grater stamped “P - VALANTIN - BRANCHE”.
Trapezoidal in shape with sides, extended by a shell-shaped spillway.
France,
Wrought iron,
17th ce[...]
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