JEWELLERY, ANTIQUE & ART AUCTION Tuesday, 8 September 2020 - 10:00 AM start
A rare elephant's tooth and silver table snuff box
Realised: $1,600 plus premium
Lot Details
oblong with silver framed hinged lid and base, the walls, sides and top of sectional slices of polished elephant's molar; a plaque inside the lid engraved: 'This box was made out of Elephants Molar in 1756 for a Missionary in India'. Hallmarked for London 1832 by Edward Edwards II. 97 x 65 x 34mm.
