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Scottish table snuff box, 16th century
Height x width x depth: 15.5 x 22.5 x 16 cm. Weight: 1090 g.
made of ram's horn embellished with silver mounts. The hinged lid bears an engraved coat of arms with the motto “MAY JUSTICE EVER BE OUR GUIDE”. A silver cartouche set along the body of the horn bears an engraved inscription accompanied by the date 1582, attesting to its antiquity. The end of the horn is finished with a silver mount. It is accompanied by a complete set of snuff tools, original to the period, suspended by means of thin silver chains: a hare's foot; a tobacco rake; a perforated spoon for preparing and dispensing snuff; and finally a spike.
€ 3.000,00 / 3.500,00
Estimate
€ 2.200,00
Starting price
Unsold
Live auction 342
CURIOSITIES FROM EUROPEAN AND ORIENTAL ART SILVERS, IVORIES, CORALS, ICONS AND WUNDERKAMMER
Palazzo Caetani Lovatelli, wed 11 June 2025
SINGLE SESSION 11/06/2025 Hours 15:00
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