A group of four Continental snuff boxes

19th/20th century

Comprising one sterling silver box with glass lid, marked "925" with illegible hallmark; one mother-of-pearl inlaid lacquer box; and two horn boxes with tortoiseshell lids. (4).

H: 1 1/8, W: 3 1/2, D: 1 7/8 in.(largest)(H: 2.86, W: 8.89, D: 4.76 cm.)

Estate of Jud Samon, retired coordinator of International Faculty and Student Services at the University of Maryland at College Park.

One with mother of pearl: missing mother of pearl, chipping and crazing to lacquer. Sterling box with dent to underside and crack to the glass. Horn boxes with wear commensurate with age and use including scattered chipping and abrasions.

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