Jewellery, Watches and Objects of Vertu

A Chinese agate and French silver mounted snuff bottle / lighter, late 19th - early 20th century, the agate carved with foliage, the silver and silver-gilt mounts chased and depicting flowerheads, leaves, birds, fish and insects, the underside centred with a metal vesta striker, flanked with engraved decoration, French assay marks, indistinct maker’s mark, collar engraved ‘MAQUET’, height 10cm. £300-£500