£6200 Euro-UK battle for snuffbox
The main head-turner at the Hove sale held by Scarborough Perry Fine Arts (15% buyer’s premium) on December 2-3 was this striking 19th century Italian, gold-mounted tortoiseshell snuffbox with a finely executed micromosaic lid, right.
Although the 3 1/2in (9cm) wide box was unsigned, auctioneer Andrew Scarborough reckoned the excepti…