Box

probably Italian, Naples

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This octagonal box has embossed moldings and is decorated with a charming chinoiserie scene. Such boxes served as souvenirs for Grand Tour tourists. The Scottish architect Robert Adam bought several "handsome snuff-boxes of tortoiseshell, studded with gold and with gold hinges" while he visited Rome in 1755.

Box, Tortoiseshell, silver, probably Italian, Naples

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Box, Tortoiseshell, silver, probably Italian, Naples
Box, Tortoiseshell, silver, probably Italian, Naples
Box, Tortoiseshell, silver, probably Italian, Naples
Box, Tortoiseshell, silver, probably Italian, Naples

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