Elegant Antique German Banded Agate Jewelry, Specimen or Snuff Box, Idar-Oberstein inkwell and 1" deep

and 1" deep

But if our customer wants

The frame is well kept

We have three gorgeous French coffee or tea pots this week that would fall into the Egoist or Aesthetic style

The 2nd being those miniatures "après" or painted after the work of an earlier work of art

Elegant Antique German Banded Agate Jewelry, Specimen or Snuff Box, Idar-Oberstein inkwell and 1" deepOrigin of the box is German (Idar Oberstein), the area referred to as the valley of agate. These 19th century boxes, superbly crafted specimen stone set in ormolu framework and up on ball agate feet, were fabulously well received as Grand Tour souvenirs, still highly sought after today. While the gemstone industry got its start with local mined stone, stone from around the world went into these boxes by end of 1800s. A cluster of them makes a superb