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A Continental silver-gilt, enamel, gold and paste snuff box
Unmarked but struck 465, 19th century, possibly Hanau, the silver-gilt, enamel and paste-set mounts of later date, 4 in. (10 cm.) wide
Total weight 9.8 oz. (278.1 gm.)
The tughra to the centre reads Sultan Abdulaziz (1861-1876)
Unmarked but struck 465, 19th century, possibly Hanau, the silver-gilt, enamel and paste-set mounts of later date, 4 in. (10 cm.) wide
Total weight 9.8 oz. (278.1 gm.)
The tughra to the centre reads Sultan Abdulaziz (1861-1876)
A Continental silver-gilt, enamel, gold and paste snuff box
Unmarked but struck 465, 19th century, possibly Hanau, the silver-gilt, enamel and paste-set mounts of later date, 4 in. (10 cm.) wide
Total weight 9.8 oz. (278.1 gm.)
The tughra to the centre reads Sultan Abdulaziz (1861-1876)
Unmarked but struck 465, 19th century, possibly Hanau, the silver-gilt, enamel and paste-set mounts of later date, 4 in. (10 cm.) wide
Total weight 9.8 oz. (278.1 gm.)
The tughra to the centre reads Sultan Abdulaziz (1861-1876)
Please note that this snuff box was probably for the Ottoman market and the imperial tughra to the centre is that of Sultan Abdülaziz I (r.1861-1876).