Antique 19thC Apple Form Snuff Box Cream with Brass Mounted Novelty Box - A charming and unusual antique 19th-century novelty box
$161.29
Antique 19thC Apple Form Snuff Box Cream with Brass Mounted Novelty Box
A charming and unusual antique 19th-century novelty box, beautifully modelled in the form of an apple.
The apple-shaped body is fashioned from a creamy carved natural material, displaying attractive natural colour variation and fine striations to the surface.
The box is beautifully finished with brass/gilt-metal mounts, including a hinged rim, realistically modelled stalk and an attractive detailed leaf forming the decoration to the top.
The hinged lid opens smoothly to reveal a hollowed and neatly finished interior, suggesting that the piece was originally intended as a small snuff box, bonbonnière or personal trinket box.
A particularly attractive example of antique novelty ware and an unusual addition to a collection of snuff boxes, miniature boxes, Victorian curiosities or objets de vertu.
Measures approx 5cm in height
Good antique condition with expected age-related wear and patination to the metal. Please study the photographs carefully as they form an important part of the description.
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