the box formed of a whole turtle shell, the front decorated with a boldly-chased rocaille shell ornament in the style of Meissonier, the hinged lid mounted with geometrically-engraved gold borders and ...

The boxes, thought to be worth over £100,000, are a mix of French, Swiss and German craftmanship A prized collection of valuable antique gold snuff boxes stolen from a stately home has been found ...

So many beautiful objects large and small have been made through the centuries. Falling into both categories were snuff boxes, which were used to contain a product made from pulverized tobacco, which ...

AT an auction the other day, in Paris, a small Louis XVI snuff-box, without jewels, but enriched with miniature landscapes by Van Blarenbergh, fetched the large sum of ten thousand dollars. No ...

The boxes, thought to be worth over £100,000, are a mix of French, Swiss and German craftmanship A prized collection of valuable antique gold snuff boxes stolen from a stately home has been found ...

Mystery has long surrounded the fate of antique gold snuff boxes which vanished without trace from the drawing room of a Leeds stately home some 40 years ago. Did you know with a Digital Subscription ...

A prized collection of valuable antique gold snuff boxes stolen from a stately home has been found decades after it vanished without trace. Dubbed the Fulford Thefts, the seven 18th Century containers ...