Georgian Musical Snuff Box acrostic with a shallow domed cabochon

with a shallow domed cabochon top and pavilion facets underneath

It dates from the late 19th Century and has taken on the most fantastic antique patina over the years

DATE: Georgian Regency

most beautiful

with an enamelled Eye of Providence nestled at the bottom

Georgian Musical Snuff Box acrostic with a shallow domed cabochonDATE: Georgian, c. 1820 An incredible Georgian musical snuff box dating from the early 19th century. It plays the most wonderful tune, far more complex than usual music box subjects, comprising two distinct themes, and composed in the late Classical early Romantic style contemporary to the era. The case is French, indicated by hallmarks, and the mechanism almost certainly Swiss. The hallmark is actually a bust of the artist Raphael, side profile,