TWO CARVED COQUILLA NUT CHARACTER SNUFF BOXES
19TH CENTURY
£756
Auction: Day One: 17 May 2023 | From 11:00
Description
the larger example depicting a rotund man with a hook nose and glass bead eyes, wearing an open greatcoat over a waistcoat and trousers, with whale tooth buttons, the hinged coat tails opening to a void interior; the second with a jutting chin and long hair, wearing an open greatcoat with his hands in his waistcoat pockets, whale tooth buttons, the hinged coat tails opening to a void interior
Dimensions
9.3cm and 7cm high