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Lot 207 |PROPERTY FROM THE ROYAL HOUSE OF SAXE-COBURG-GOTHA
A JEWELLED THREE-COLOUR GOLD ROYAL PRESENTATION SNUFF-BOX
ATTRIBUTED TO GEBRÜDER FRIEDLÄNDER, BERLIN, LATE 19TH CENTURY
Closed30 November 2015
Price Realised
GBP 22,500
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A JEWELLED THREE-COLOUR GOLD ROYAL PRESENTATION SNUFF-BOX
ATTRIBUTED TO GEBRÜDER FRIEDLÄNDER, BERLIN, LATE 19TH CENTURY
Rectangular with rounded corners, the hinged cover enamelled in translucent pearl white over a wavy guilloché ground, centred with a watercolour on ivory miniature of King Ferdinand I (1861-1948), signed ‘E. Asper. Berlin’, within diamond-set surround surmounted by a guilloché enamelled crown set with rose-cut diamonds, the outer border set with diamonds, emeralds and rubies within two diamond-set borders, the sides of the hinged cover applied with ribbon-tied laurel-chased border decorated with rose gold rosettes, the fluted base of burnished yellow gold, with the rose gold interior, apparently unmarked
4¼ in. (10.8 cm.) wide
ATTRIBUTED TO GEBRÜDER FRIEDLÄNDER, BERLIN, LATE 19TH CENTURY
Rectangular with rounded corners, the hinged cover enamelled in translucent pearl white over a wavy guilloché ground, centred with a watercolour on ivory miniature of King Ferdinand I (1861-1948), signed ‘E. Asper. Berlin’, within diamond-set surround surmounted by a guilloché enamelled crown set with rose-cut diamonds, the outer border set with diamonds, emeralds and rubies within two diamond-set borders, the sides of the hinged cover applied with ribbon-tied laurel-chased border decorated with rose gold rosettes, the fluted base of burnished yellow gold, with the rose gold interior, apparently unmarked
4¼ in. (10.8 cm.) wide
A JEWELLED THREE-COLOUR GOLD ROYAL PRESENTATION SNUFF-BOX
ATTRIBUTED TO GEBRÜDER FRIEDLÄNDER, BERLIN, LATE 19TH CENTURY
Rectangular with rounded corners, the hinged cover enamelled in translucent pearl white over a wavy guilloché ground, centred with a watercolour on ivory miniature of King Ferdinand I (1861-1948), signed ‘E. Asper. Berlin’, within diamond-set surround surmounted by a guilloché enamelled crown set with rose-cut diamonds, the outer border set with diamonds, emeralds and rubies within two diamond-set borders, the sides of the hinged cover applied with ribbon-tied laurel-chased border decorated with rose gold rosettes, the fluted base of burnished yellow gold, with the rose gold interior, apparently unmarked
4¼ in. (10.8 cm.) wide
ATTRIBUTED TO GEBRÜDER FRIEDLÄNDER, BERLIN, LATE 19TH CENTURY
Rectangular with rounded corners, the hinged cover enamelled in translucent pearl white over a wavy guilloché ground, centred with a watercolour on ivory miniature of King Ferdinand I (1861-1948), signed ‘E. Asper. Berlin’, within diamond-set surround surmounted by a guilloché enamelled crown set with rose-cut diamonds, the outer border set with diamonds, emeralds and rubies within two diamond-set borders, the sides of the hinged cover applied with ribbon-tied laurel-chased border decorated with rose gold rosettes, the fluted base of burnished yellow gold, with the rose gold interior, apparently unmarked
4¼ in. (10.8 cm.) wide
Exhibition catalogue, Fabergé, Kunsthalle of the Hypo Kulturstiftung, Munich, 1986, illustrated p. 303.
Munich, Kunsthalle of the Hypo-Kulturstiftung, Fabergé, 5 December 1986-8 March 1987, no. 627.
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