Four Small Metal Boxes

Description:

Four Small Metal Boxes, 19th century, a small silver box with busts apparently of George and Martha Washington, a small square box made to look as if it is tied with a ribbon, a very small box with a lion on the lid, and a larger tin box with "TOBACCO" on the lid, each of the letters in "tobacco" defined by a contorted figure, some of whom hold bottles of alcohol, lg. to 5 in.
Estimate $150-250


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