A bloodstone snuff box with jewelled gold mounts, German, circa 1760 and later

A bloodstone snuff box with jewelled gold mounts

German, circa 1760 and later

of cartouche form, the jewelled thumbpiece formed of a diamond-set moth with ruby wings on a spray of flowers and leaves, wavy gold cagework mounts, 

6cm., 2 3/8. in. wide