"Ivory And Tortoiseshelle Snuff Box Sculpted With A Grotesque Face, Germany 1820 Circa. With Cites"
Ivory snuff box lined in tortoishell, sculpted with a deformed face, probably of a sick man, in the style of unusual objects that were collected especially in Renaissance time to be kept in a "wunderkammer" (room of wonders). The fineness of this object can also be seen in the hinge, made in tortoiseshell inside and in ivory outside. Area Tedesca, about 1820..With CITES 
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