Democratic Sentinel, Volume 19, Number 32, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 16 August 1895 — High Prices for Old Snuff Boxes [ARTICLE]

High Prices for Old Snuff Boxes

At an auction in London recently large prices were realized for some old French snuff boxes. A gold Louis XVI. box, inlaid with miniatures, brought $2,450; another engraved with trellis and stars and beautifully inlaid with six figure subjects in colored mother-o’-pearl was sold for $4,000, and no less than $5,000 was given for a Louis XVI. oval gold box with chased borders, painted with two subjects of nymphs and nereids by Boucher. Several necklaces were sold at the same auction, one of emeralds and brilliants fetching $8,750. A pearl necklace brought $12,750, and one of pearls, diamonds, and a clasp of emeralds, $5,250.