A third quarter 18th century Italian tortoiseshell, mother-of-pearl inset and gold inlaid piqué snuff box
Neapolitan, circa 1760
Of arc en arbelette ended rectangular form, the hinged lid depicting a watery scene with Neptune standing on his scallop shell chariot drawn by a pair of hippocampi before a goddess seated on rockwork, probably Salacia, islands with ruins and building to the background, within a moulded rim with waved border, 3cm high, 10cm wide, 7cm deep
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