A blond tortoiseshell and gilt-metal-mounted circular snuff box, the glazed cover inset with models of exotic birds perched on branches, English or French, early 19th century -- 3¼in. (8cm.) dia; and a tortoiseshell fluted circular dish, the plateau heightened in gilt with a model of a parrot amidst foliage, Japanese, 19th century -- 6in. (15cm.) dia.