£5,000 - £7,000
An unusual novelty yellow metal and gemstone set snuff bottle in the form of a cockerel, with carved gold plummage, a diamond eye, and an emerald collar, the head as the bottle top, the hollow body with ornately engraved decoration, supported on a rectangular base inset with a band of mixed-cut rubies, unmarked (likely gold), 6.4 cm high, in fitted box. Cockerel, 46 grams.
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