A GERMAN GOLD AND ENAMEL SNUFF BOX
MARK OF SOUCHAY & COLIN, HANAU, CIRCA 1800
Oblong with rounded corners, engine-turned and chased with borders of foliate scrollwork on textured ground, the scrollwork partly enamelled in black, cover centred by a Classical panel depicting a young woman with attendant putto in a sailing craft with clouds overhead
3 ½ in. long (9 cm.)
Approx. 4 oz. (approx. 124 gm.)
A GERMAN GOLD AND ENAMEL SNUFF BOX
MARK OF SOUCHAY & COLIN, HANAU, CIRCA 1800
Oblong with rounded corners, engine-turned and chased with borders of foliate scrollwork on textured ground, the scrollwork partly enamelled in black, cover centred by a Classical panel depicting a young woman with attendant putto in a sailing craft with clouds overhead
3 ½ in. long (9 cm.)
Approx. 4 oz. (approx. 124 gm.)
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