Live Auction 14226Opulence: Silver, Gold Boxes, 19th Century Furniture & Works of Art
A GERMAN GOLD-MOUNTED HARDSTONE SNUFF-BOX
Lot 71

A GERMAN GOLD-MOUNTED HARDSTONE SNUFF-BOX

PROBABLY DRESDEN, CIRCA 1750

Closed6 June 2017

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GBP 32,500

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A GERMAN GOLD-MOUNTED HARDSTONE SNUFF-BOX
PROBABLY DRESDEN, CIRCA 1750
rectangular box set with panels of agate jasper mounted à jour within chased foliate mounts, with baluster sides and wavy flange, slightly raised thumbpiece
3 1/8 in. (80 mm.) wide

Specialist note

The stone used in the making of this box is very similar to a type of agate found near to the town of Pirna in Saxony, and used by the goldsmith Johann Christian Neuber (1736-1808), in the manufacture of his snuff-boxes in Dresden.