Elegant Antique German Banded Agate Jewelry, Specimen or Snuff Box, Idar-Oberstein inkwell and very likely from one

and very likely from one of those boutiques

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

spoons are 52 grams and all 35 pieces are 1726 grams or 55

A charming small interior painting

So he's somewhere between 1795 to 1799 when the fashion exuberance faded

Elegant Antique German Banded Agate Jewelry, Specimen or Snuff Box, Idar-Oberstein inkwell and very likely from oneOrigin 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