M. FORD CREECH ANTIQUES & FINE ARTS
GEORGE I SILVER-MOUNTED TORTOISESHELL SNUFF BOX
John Obrisset, England, c1715-20
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The oval box with a molded tortoiseshell plaque
with depicting a portrait of Charles I
within a silver rim and hinge, the shaped silver rimmed box opening to a mother
of pearl base,
the tortoiseshell signed "OB" for John Obrisset,
the silver mounts unmarked
"OB" Mark (Upper Right)
The portrait is after the medal of 1670 by John Roettiers.
An oval horn box
with this portrait is house in the Fitzwilliam Museum,
Cambridge, UK
John Obrisset was considered the premier maker
of horn and tortoise boxes.
He was the son of an ivory carver who emigrated to London from Dieppe, France
with the Restoration.
He was not recorded as a member of any of the guilds,
but his name (usually monogrammed OB)
appears on many horn and tortoiseshell boxes of the late 17th and early 18th century.
Obrisset specialized in portraits
of English Monarchs from Charles I to George II,
among other topics, as mythology and four variants of a box with
the name
and Arms of Sir Francis Drake executed in 1712
For related information, see John Obrisset and His work in Horn &
Tortoiseshell, Philip A.S. Phillips
2.9" Long
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