A Chinese Canton Carved & Silver Overlaid Snuff Box 19th Century
Lid carved with figures amongst pagodas, huts, trees and rocks. The sides with key-fret and floral roundel and flower-head patterns. Silver thumb-push to front edge and applied vacant silver disc to top. Upper side key-fret panel replaced – now uncarved. Corners, edges & inner lip with chips (see images). Surface marks & abrasions consummate with age. 2 3/8″ (6.0 cm) x 1 1/2″ (4.0 cm) x 7/8 (2.2 cm). The item “A CHINESE CANTON CARVED & SILVER OVERLAID SNUFF BOX 19TH CENTURY” is in sale since Monday, March 26, 2018. This item is in the category “Antiques\Asian/Oriental Antiques\Chinese\Boxes”. The seller is “valleyrich” and is located in Poole. This item can be shipped worldwide.
- Product: Box
- Region of Origin: Chinese
- Primary Material: Mixed Material
- Age: 1850-1899
- Original/Repro: Antique Original
- Chinese Dynasty: Qing (1644-1911)