Lot 1011
A GEORGE I SILVER MOUNTED TORTOISESHELL SNUFF BOX
rectangular with a "stand-away" hinge, the cover inlaid with two dancing figures* in a garden setting with a bellflower in each corner, unmarked, c.1720; 2.6" (6.6 cms) long
*The figures may have been inspired by two of the ten dancers in "The Round Dance", a print of 1617, after Jacques Callot (1592-1735)
