23rd Nov, 2016 10:00

European & Asian Works of Art

 
Lot 474
 

474

A GOLD-MOUNTED GLASS SNUFF BOX

A GOLD-MOUNTED GLASS SNUFF BOX, UNMARKED, PROBABLY J. & L. LOBMEYR OF VIENNA, CIRCA 1880 oval, the sides engraved with conch-blowing cherubs, grotesques and foliage, the hinged lid decorated in relief with scrolls enclosing a vignette of the Birth of Venus, plain mounts 6.7cm wide

Sold for £1,200


 
A GOLD-MOUNTED GLASS SNUFF BOX, UNMARKED, PROBABLY J. & L. LOBMEYR OF VIENNA, CIRCA 1880 oval, the sides engraved with conch-blowing cherubs, grotesques and foliage, the hinged lid decorated in relief with scrolls enclosing a vignette of the Birth of Venus, plain mounts 6.7cm wide