A gold snuff box, probably English, circa 1720

A gold snuff box, probably English

circa 1720

rectangular with slightly rounded corners, the lid chased with two equestrians and their hound, within a broad polished scrollwork frame within further chased stags, hounds, hares and trees, in a cartouche-shaped polished border, geometrical floral and diaper ground, the sides and base similarly decorated, the base centred with an elaborately chased scene of a crane catching a snake by a riverscape, on a sablé ground,

7.9cm., 3 1/8 in. wide