Lot 640
A RARE EARLY 18TH CENTURY ELONGATED OVAL PRESSED HORN TOBACCO BOX
with cover depicting two gentlemen smoking pipes at side tables, a serving maid behind a central table with two wine glasses and a decanter, with arcaded vines in the background & an acanthus leaf border, probably Dutch; 5.25" (13 cms) long
Note: Two similarly proportioned examples, one French, the other Dutch, were sold in Sotheby's sale (1934) of Phillips' Collection, lots 56 and 57, both described as rare.
