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An early 19th Century penwork snuff box, the rectangular hinge lid decorated with a seated gentleman within fruiting vine borders, the sides and base with dense foliage, together with an amboyna octagonal snuff box, a tortoiseshell snuff box, an inlaid horn snuff box and a papier-mâché snuff box (faults).
HUNTING. Hound and Horn; or, the Life and Recollections of George Carter… by I.H.G. London: 1885. 8vo (182 x 118mm.) Chromolithographed frontispiece. (Occasional light soiling or spotting.) Original red cloth (extremities slightly bumped, spine slightly faded). – And twenty-two others relating to hunting (23).
A Brazilian mounted mate gourd on stand by Abramo Eberle SA, stamped logo of a knotted horn, 20th century, with engraved decoration and on three leaf and paw feet, 12cm (4.75in) high; and a nickel silver mate straw by Abramo Eberle SA, stamped logo of a knotted horn and `Eberle`, 20th century . Visit www.dnfa.com for condition reports
A Scottish silver novelty box by Graham Leishman Stewart, Edinburgh 1978, formed as a shotgun cartridge case, 5.6cm (2.25in) high; and a Victorian hunting horn by Henry Potter & Co., London 1884, engraved with a monogram and `Henry Potter & Co. Makers 30, Charring Cross London`, 24cm (9.5in) long (dents), 181g (5.75 oz) gross . Visit www.dnfa.com for condition reports
Tritartemorion, 5th cent. BC, unicorn standing right, head reverted, rev. four-part incuse square, 0.55g. Unpublished in the standard literature; very fine and of considerable interest Unicorns are not found in Greek mythology, but rather in accounts of natural history by Greek writers which were convinced of their reality in the mystic East. The earliest description is from Ctesias of Knidos in the 5th century BC, who described them as ‘wild asses, fleet of foot, having a horn a cubit and a half in length’
Two Early 19th Century Snuff Boxes & A Tortoiseshell Purse: A horn snuff box with a painted lid depicting a Terrier; 1 ins (2.5 cms) high, 3¾ ins x 2 ins (9.5 cms x 5 cms). A papier maché ebonised snuff box painted with a man cutting a lock of a maidens hair measuring 1 ins (2.5 cms) in height, 3¾ ins x 2½ ins (9.5 cms x 6.5 cms). The tortoiseshell purse of elongated oval form inlaid with a central silver shield engraved `AWC` and bordered by a band of mother of pearl roundels. The brass clasp opening to reveal a red silk lined interior; 1 ins (2.5 cms) in height, 3¼ ins x 2 ins (8 cms x 5 cms).

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