the box formed of a whole turtle shell, the front decorated with a boldly-chased rocaille shell ornament in the style of Meissonier, the hinged lid mounted with geometrically-engraved gold borders and ...
A prized collection of valuable antique gold snuff boxes stolen from a stately home has been found decades after it vanished without trace. Dubbed the Fulford Thefts, the seven 18th Century containers ...
AT an auction the other day, in Paris, a small Louis XVI snuff-box, without jewels, but enriched with miniature landscapes by Van Blarenbergh, fetched the large sum of ten thousand dollars. No ...
Staffordshire potters in 19th-century England liked to depict humorous people in everyday activities. The figurines were the only way to see what a brave lion tamer or important political figure ...
Mystery has long surrounded the fate of antique gold snuff boxes which vanished without trace from the drawing room of a Leeds stately home some 40 years ago. Did you know with a Digital Subscription ...
The boxes, thought to be worth over £100,000, are a mix of French, Swiss and German craftmanship A prized collection of valuable antique gold snuff boxes stolen from a stately home has been found ...
The boxes, thought to be worth over £100,000, are a mix of French, Swiss and German craftmanship A prized collection of valuable antique gold snuff boxes stolen from a stately home has been found ...
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