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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
An ornate collection of seven antique gold snuff boxes has been returned to a stately home – 40 years after they were stolen during a night-time raid. The 18th century containers had not been seen ...
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 ...
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 ...