Antique c.1700s Opulent 18k, Silver, Tortoise Shell Snuff Box, Mascaron Pique, Austrian? Chinoiserie likely Linden or lemon wood

likely Linden or lemon wood from the region

elegant old grain and is

the photographical industry was in full bloom and very exciting

Please don't ask me to decipher that elaborate monogram

A superb pair of carved ivory items: coin purse and aide d'memoire

Antique c.1700s Opulent 18k, Silver, Tortoise Shell Snuff Box, Mascaron Pique, Austrian? Chinoiserie likely Linden or lemon woodIt is not perfect, but coming forward from early to mid 1700s, it is in remarkable condition, truly. The most elaborate inlays in that tortoise shell lid, silver, mother of pearl and 18k gold all combine to a magnificent figural display, 1 macaroon in silver, and one of what would have been 2 profiles in mother of pearl. A fine old sterling box, one tiny hallmark on front which I have not found. Seems Prussian, Ottoman Empire, rather than French,