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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;gigi flic, post: 10271971, member: 91293&quot;]Not a big fan of ivory objects but i made an impulse buy on this one.</p><p>I have a few things that i know for sure, the rest is just a lot of guesswork so im hoping for some imput from the community as the object touches a lot of fields.</p><p><br /></p><p>The snuff box is made out of ivory, with what looks like tortoise shell rims, they go dark in the shadow, red hue in the sunlight, visible in the pictures too, you can tell the direction of the light as it changes, photos were not taken all at once.</p><p>The miniature is completely enclosed , no way of opening it up , no way of telling if it is signed but i think its an original from that era. If it goes with the snuff box or even the frame that&#039;s another question.</p><p>The frame seems a bit wide and it covers some things. Most visible thing missing is in the bottom right part. A rosette with a crown that seems to be the top part of an military order obscured by the frame.</p><p>Maybe the militaria fans can identify it and even if he is wearing a military coat. The piece came from Austria, it was there 4 a very long time, so im hoping the sitter was an Austrian too.</p><p>Time period i would guess 1770-1780, but its a guess.</p><p><br /></p><p>The rim tested positive for 14k, negative for 18, but it took some time, for a bit it looked like a positive on the 18K too. Maybe something in the middle ?</p><p>The case is 7 cm in diameter, height of 2.2, the frame about half a centimeter wide and the miniature itself is 4 cm by 3. Really tiny thing. </p><p>Im sorry, im not good with the inches system.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]514978[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]514979[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]514980[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]514981[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]514982[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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