Lot 725

TWO BRASS MOUNTED COWRIE SHELL SNUFF BOXES AND AN ENGLISH BRASS MOUNTED SCALLOP SHELL BOX (3)

Coleridge Collection, Second half 18th Century and Later
One with heart shaped hinged lid, 8cm wide; the scallop shell box, 13cm wide; 7cm high; and another smaller example 5.5cm wide, all with ‘Anthony & Marietta Coleridge Collection’ labels, 13cm wide; 7cm high

Estimate: £200 - £400
Hammer price: £320
Bidding ended. Lot has been sold.

Provenance

The Anthony & Marietta Coleridge Collection

The heart-shaped snuff box: acquired from Olympia Antiques Fair, 18 June 1989. 

The scallop shell box: acquired from Jonathan Harris, Grosvenor House Antiques Fair.

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