A Cape silver-mounted cowrie shell snuff box, early 19th century

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A Cape silver-mounted cowrie shell snuff box, early 19th century
the shell set in a scalloped border, the hinged base engraved with a hunter and his dog before a wagon and a barn, within foliate wriggle-work borders, 7cm wide

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Subject to CITES permit when exporting (see page 318).

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