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490 - Two snuffboxes: one made of tortoiseshell with a yellow gold setting, and the other of moss agate with a metal setting. Flat, rectangular shape with squared corners and a hinged lid on the back. The sides are partially engraved with floral and wave patterns. Condition: partially damaged; 585 hallmark, maker’s mark (probably Johann Payer), Czechoslovakian import mark after 1921. Height: 1.3 cm – 2.3 cm. 8 cm – 9 cm x 5.4 cm.
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Two snuffboxes: one made of tortoiseshell with a yellow gold setting, and the other of moss agate with a metal setting. Flat, rectangular shape with squared corners and a hinged lid on the back. The sides are partially engraved with floral and wave patterns. Condition: partially damaged; 585 hallmark, maker’s mark (probably Johann Payer), Czechoslovakian import mark after 1921. Height: 1.3 cm – 2.3 cm. 8 cm – 9 cm x 5.4 cm. See Neuwirth, *Viennese Goldsmiths and Silversmiths*, Vol. II, p. 96. See Divis, Nos. 920, 930, 1572. An Austrian tortoiseshell and gold tobacco box and a metal-mounted moss agate tobacco box. Chipped. Standard mark 585, assay mark; master likely Johann Payer; Czechoslovakian import mark after 1921. Austria. Vienna. Early 20th century.
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International Fine Art Auction No. 198 - PART IAuction house
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