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The two ivory sections of this circular box are lathe-turned and threaded to screw together. The circular medallion affixed to the top is damascened in gold and silver wire over a blackened ground. In the centre is the intertwined gold monogram 'C7' under a silver and gold Spanish royal crown. This is surrounded by a circle of two sized of fleur-de-lis in gold over a series of silver C-scrolls. The monogram is that of the third Carlist pretender, Carlos María de los Dolores de Borbón y Austria-Este (1848–1909). Don Carlos was the grandson of the younger brother of Ferdinand VII, who died in 1833 leaving a three-year-old daughter as his only heir. The circle of fleurs-de-lis symbolizes the Spanish House of Bourbon. The occasion of this box's manufacture may have been the coincidental abdication in 1873 of Spain's elected monarch Amadeo of Savoy and the occupation of the Basque provinces by the Carlist army.
The Khalili Collections
London
Title
Ivory Snuffbox
Date
c.1873
Medium
ivory, iron, gold & silver damascene
Accession number
128
Work type
Sculpture