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An 18th century silver mounted tortoiseshell and piqué 'Harlequin' snuff box possibly John Gilbert, London circa 1700 image 1

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An 18th century silver mounted tortoiseshell and piqué 'Harlequin' snuff box
possibly John Gilbert, London circa 1700

Home & Interiors

18 – 19 April 2023, 10:00 BST

London, Knightsbridge

Sold for £510 inc. premium

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An 18th century silver mounted tortoiseshell and piqué 'Harlequin' snuff box

possibly John Gilbert, London circa 1700
Oval form, silver mounted tortoiseshell, the hinged cover inlaid in mother of pearl and engraved silver piqué and gilt featuring 'Arlecchino', the Harlequin character holding a truncheon underarm, taken from the 'Commedia dell'Arte' and echoed on the back with the figure of 'Columbine', both set within a decorative outer border featuring piqué dots and quatrefoils, height 2.5cm, length 7cm.

Footnotes

Provenance
Purchased from Halycyon Days, Grosvenor House Antiques Fair, 26th June 1991

Literature
John Culme, British Silver Boxes 1640-1840, The Lion Collection, published by the Antique Collector's Club, 2014. The harlequin being featured first on p.22 as the illustration for 'The Collection'; and again as no.107 p.113

Two Arlecchino boxes are included in Robin Butler's 'The Albert Collection', published by Broadway, 1999 - one carrying a club (no.147 p.32) and as Columbine, also carrying a club (no.351 p.33).

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