A SWISS OR GERMAN GOLD MOTHER-OF-PEARL AND SHELL SNUFF-BOX
GENEVA OR HANAU, CIRCA 1790, STRUCK WITH THE AUSTRIAN TAX MARK FOR MID-SIZED OBJECTS 1806, VIENNA, 1806, THE COVER AND BASE PANELS LATER
ingot-shaped box with canted corners, the four sides with panels of engine-turned horizontal reeding, the cover inset with a later panel of mother-of-pearl chased with a wooded landscape scene and applied with a hound emerging from his kennel, between fruiting trees and foliage carved in coloured shell and abalone with highlights chased in gold, the later base panel similarly decorated with a family of rabbits, the vari-colour gold borders and thumbpiece chased with flowerheads and scrolling foliage on a frosted ground
2 1/8 in. (54 mm.) wide
A SWISS OR GERMAN GOLD MOTHER-OF-PEARL AND SHELL SNUFF-BOX
GENEVA OR HANAU, CIRCA 1790, STRUCK WITH THE AUSTRIAN TAX MARK FOR MID-SIZED OBJECTS 1806, VIENNA, 1806, THE COVER AND BASE PANELS LATER
ingot-shaped box with canted corners, the four sides with panels of engine-turned horizontal reeding, the cover inset with a later panel of mother-of-pearl chased with a wooded landscape scene and applied with a hound emerging from his kennel, between fruiting trees and foliage carved in coloured shell and abalone with highlights chased in gold, the later base panel similarly decorated with a family of rabbits, the vari-colour gold borders and thumbpiece chased with flowerheads and scrolling foliage on a frosted ground
2 1/8 in. (54 mm.) wide
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