Love and friendship, snuffboxes 19th century
Love and friendship, snuffboxes 19th century
Two wooden snuffboxes
The larger shows a sort of rebus: Fidélité, Amour, Amitié font tour à tour l'espoir de la vie [Fidelity, Love and Friendship are in turn the hope of life].
Condition: small cracks around the edges, rather faded decoration
D: 8.5 cm
The smallest: Elle passe souvent en un jour ; L'amour (avec des roses) / Je dure toute le vie ; L'amitié (avec un lierre) [ It often passes in a day; Love (with roses) I last a lifetime; Friendship (with ivy)]
Good condition
D : 7 cm
The larger shows a sort of rebus: Fidélité, Amour, Amitié font tour à tour l'espoir de la vie [Fidelity, Love and Friendship are in turn the hope of life].
Condition: small cracks around the edges, rather faded decoration
D: 8.5 cm
The smallest: Elle passe souvent en un jour ; L'amour (avec des roses) / Je dure toute le vie ; L'amitié (avec un lierre) [ It often passes in a day; Love (with roses) I last a lifetime; Friendship (with ivy)]
Good condition
D : 7 cm
