Antique Hand Carved Ivory Table Snuff Box, 7 People in Bas Relief, c. 17th to 18th Century Georgian thick cut octagonal shaped glass

thick cut octagonal shaped glass or crystal wells and wonderful condition

and will be just gorgeous accented there with perhaps antique metal (in gold) passsimenterie (trim)

The relative fragile nature of old tortoise shell makes this fine such a stunning one

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inner drawers with jeweled pulls and a hidden compartment of three drawers behind mirrored doors

Antique Hand Carved Ivory Table Snuff Box, 7 People in Bas Relief, c. 17th to 18th Century Georgian thick cut octagonal shaped glassDefinitely a museum piece, this! No, it's not perfect, but even the old restoration would probably be at least 200 years old. The case you see here is hand carved and dates late 1600s to early 1700s, probably Dutch carving or German. Superb detail in the faces of the figures, it might commemorate a group of friends who lived at that time. It is a largish snuff, known as a 'table snuff' and it would have been a prized work of art in its own time, but