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Published by By Order of the Executors. Sold by auction on 22 June by Messrs. Christie Manson & Woods at their Great Rooms 8 King Street St. James's Square London. Printed by William Clowes and Sons Limited London, 1927
14pp, 4to. Stitched into grey printed wraps. In good condition, lightly aged, with one corner slightly dog-eared. 143 lots, divided into two sections: 'Miniatures and Enamels' and 'Objects of Vertu'. The snuff-boxes feature in the latter, and include: '112 A Louis XVI. plain oblong gold snuff-box, with rounded ends and reeded borders - bearing the mark of Henri Clavel, Paris 1778 - the rim engraved "DU PETIT DUNKERQUE"' and '122 A LOUIS XV. SHELL-SHAPED GOLD BOX, the lid finely chased with Classical figures before a building, and with shells and scrollwork round the sides, the rim engraved "I. CUNST," the interior of the lid set with an enamel portrait of a gentleman wearing yellow coat and fur-trimmed blue cloak' and '124 AN OLD ENGLISH GOLD SNUFF-BOX, of shell shape, the lid finely chased with Mars, Venus and Cupid, a lion's mask and scrollwork, and with panels of flowers and scrollwork round the sides and on the base - London hall-mark, circa 1750 - probably by Thomas Beere'. Items from the collections of Sir J. Goldsmid, D. W. Macdonald and J. S. Jacoby. Now rare.