snuff box

Summary

Public: An oblong double snuff box with straight sides and two compartments inside with a chased mount and two lids hinged at the centre, enamel on metal and painted on the lids, one with a landscape and the other with a spray of flowers both within white scroll borders on a pink ground, the sides and bottom are pink. Private: An oblong double snuff box with straight sides and two compartments inside with a chased mount and two lids hinged at the centre opening to two separate snuff compartments. Enamel on metal and painted on the lids, one with a landscape depicting a shepherd with his sheep with a cottage on a river in the background, the other with a spray of flowers, both having borders of white scrolls in raised enamel on a pink ground. The sides and bottom are pink.