A GERMAN PASTE-SET ENAMELLED GOLD SNUFF-BOX SET WITH A PORTRAIT MINIATURE
BY CHARLES COLINS AND SONS (FL. C. 1825-AFTER 1870), MARKED, HANAU, CIRCA 1860
cartouche-shaped box with wavy sides, the cover inset with a portrait miniature of a Habsburg nobleman, within a paste surround with three silver-mounted paste stones on each side, surrounded by cast gold trailing foliage and flowerheads partly enamelled in opaque blue on a frosted ground, the wavy sides and base engraved with strapwork, scrolls and flowers, the four corners and lower rim of base with further cast gold foliage, incorporated scrolling thumbpiece
4¼ in. (110 mm.) wide
A GERMAN PASTE-SET ENAMELLED GOLD SNUFF-BOX SET WITH A PORTRAIT MINIATURE
BY CHARLES COLINS AND SONS (FL. C. 1825-AFTER 1870), MARKED, HANAU, CIRCA 1860
cartouche-shaped box with wavy sides, the cover inset with a portrait miniature of a Habsburg nobleman, within a paste surround with three silver-mounted paste stones on each side, surrounded by cast gold trailing foliage and flowerheads partly enamelled in opaque blue on a frosted ground, the wavy sides and base engraved with strapwork, scrolls and flowers, the four corners and lower rim of base with further cast gold foliage, incorporated scrolling thumbpiece
4¼ in. (110 mm.) wide
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