Lot 977
A GEORGE II SILVER-MOUNTED TORTOISESHELL SNUFF BOX
heart-shaped with chased sides, the cover with a pique-work scene; a country village with a "topped" heart on a building in the centre ground & a sun in splendour below the motto "RIEN DIMPUR NE MINFLAME" (nothing impure inflames me, unmarked, c.1740; 3" (7.7 cms) long
