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LOT 0431
Stuart Period Silver Snuff Box with Bust of Charles II
1660-1685 A.D.
4 in. (203 grams, 10.2 cm).
With hinged lid formed as a tortoiseshell plaque in a silver frame; applied high-relief mount bust of Charles II in three-quarter view.
Provenance
Property of a County Durham collector; acquired on the UK art market.
This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by a search certificate number no.12443-225455.
Literature
See Hughes, G.B. English Snuff Boxes, London, 1971 for discussion.
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LOT 0431
Stuart Period Silver Snuff Box with Bust of Charles II
Sold for (Inc. bp): £1,404
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