Arthur Gilbert succeeded in purchasing this snuffbox with diamond flowers from the jeweller Harry Winston but only after he had bought a set of yellow diamonds to establish himself as an important customer. The scene carved in hardstones on the base is adapted from a painting by Jean Baptiste Oudry (1686-1755) of a water spaniel and a swan, the latter replaced with a colourful mallard.
Arthur Gilbert succeeded in purchasing this snuffbox with diamond flowers from the jeweller Harry Winston but only after he had bought a set of yellow diamonds to establish himself as an important customer. The scene carved in hardstones on the base is adapted from a painting by Jean Baptiste Oudry (1686-1755) of a water spaniel and a swan, the latter replaced with a colourful mallard.
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