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Lot 180
A Gem Set Gold Mounted Hardstone Box
Lot Details & Additional Photographs
Circa 1900, rectangular form, with 14KT Austrian hallmark and maker's mark "AxK" in a rectangular punch (possibly Russian), the gold mounts with engraved foliate design and bezel set emerald clasp.

.5 x 3.5 x 2.25 in.

From the Estate of Oskar and Dorothy Morgenstern, Princeton, NJ

The hardstone, possibly maw-sit-sit or jadeite, with mottling of deep blackish to apple greens.

Some abrasions to surface.

$1,000 - 3,000