Petit Antique German Banded Agate Jewelry, Specimen or Snuff Box, Idar-Oberstein Crossed torches impacting the upper lid only

impacting the upper lid only It is not a break away at hinge

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complete as it is

and the styles returned to more modest and high-collared

this campaign style box or case would originally have been fitted out inside with scientific

Petit Antique German Banded Agate Jewelry, Specimen or Snuff Box, Idar-Oberstein Crossed torches impacting the upper lid onlyOrigin 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