ID 432781
Los 9 | FRENCH, CIRCA 1810
Schätzwert
£ 800 – 1 200
A snuff box
walnut with a tortoiseshell lining; the lid decorated with three skulls illustrating the anatomical theory of phrenology developed by Franz Joseph Gall (1758-1828) and a list of Gall's 27 'fundamental faculties' to the reverse
1 in. (2.4 cm.) high; 3 in. (7.8 cm.) diameter
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