Important South African & International Art, Decorative Arts & Jewellery
Live Auction, 10 October 2016
English, Continental, Oriental and Cape Silver, Furniture and Decorative Arts
Lot Estimate
ZAR 40 000 - 60 000
Selling Price
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
ZAR 90 944
About this Item
Cape Colony
A Cape silver-mounted agate snuff box, Daniel Beets, early 19th century
oval, the hinged cover set with an agate stone, with plain thumbpiece, enclosing a gilt interior, the front of the base inscribed 'Pensez a votre Amis', between wrigglework borders, 135g all in, 8,1cm wide
Provenance
Accompanying this lot is a letter from James Easton to Charles Attwell Esq. stating that this snuff box is reputed to have been Napoleon Bonaparte's whilst Napoleon was incarcerated on the Island of St Helena.
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