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Description: A snuff box carved out of fruitwood and unusually decorated with an abstraction of ferns in black white and red. It has the wooden Scottish hinge. Inside it is lined in tortoiseshell. 

Origin: Scotland.

Circa: 1820

Materials: Wood.

Size: 2.6"x1.6".6.7x4cm.

Condition: Chips and crack on underside and sides.

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