Antique French 18th Century Georgian Era Seed Pearl and Horn Snuff Box, Heart & Tomb Cache Pot but for their significance in

but for their significance in an historic time

904 USD for one about this size called "Children Playing in a School Yard"

Very good to excellent condition for it's advanced age

It does have some flaws

Great for wall or cabinet display

Antique French 18th Century Georgian Era Seed Pearl and Horn Snuff Box, Heart & Tomb Cache Pot but for their significance inThe iconography might help explain why this 250 or so year old snuff shows no sign of use, and is also in nearly immaculate condition. There in center of the worked seed pearl and gold ornamentation worked on boiled horn is a tomb with a heart atop it. Love and loss, it would have 'remembered' someone very dear who died. Seed pearls were iconographic as the tears of the mourner, as well in that time. Isn't it spectacular! a mourning memento, either a