Fine Early Griffin Carved Oval Tobacco Box

Fine Early Griffin Carved Oval Tobacco Box
Solid Boxwood with Burnished Honey Colour
English c.1700

4 ¼” high x 3” wide x 1” deep

Comparative Literature: Owen Evan-Thomas, 'Domestic Utensils of Wood, XVIth to XIXth Century: A Short History of Wooden Articles in Domestic Use from the Sixteenth to the Middle of the Nineteenth Century', p.99, Plate 38. (Stobart Davies Ltd, 1992)

Ref: 5618