Live Auction 10397Centuries of Style: Silver, European Ceramics, Portrait Miniatures and Gold Boxes
A GERMAN ENAMELLED VARI-COLOUR GOLD SNUFF-BOX
Lot 272

A GERMAN ENAMELLED VARI-COLOUR GOLD SNUFF-BOX

BY CHARLES COLINS SONS (FL. 1837 - AFTER 1870), HANAU, CIRCA 1840

Closed3 June 2015

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GBP 23,750

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A GERMAN ENAMELLED VARI-COLOUR GOLD SNUFF-BOX
BY CHARLES COLINS SONS (FL. 1837 - AFTER 1870), HANAU, CIRCA 1840
rectangular box, the cover set with a rectangular enamel plaque depicting a classical scene, in a blue enamel frame within a raised vari-colour gold scrolling floral border, the sides and base set with panels of engine-turning, the corners with applied vari-colour gold foliate urns
3½ in. (90 mm.) wide

Specialist note

Charles Colin was described as médailleur; bijoutier of Hanau, specialising in gold boxes. Upon his death on 29 October 1817, his successful career was continued by his sons, Esaie and Jacob Charles Colin, also described as bijoutiers. Jacob Charles Colin married Jeanne Anne Thérèse Remond (b. 1787), the eldest daughter of the celebrated Swiss goldsmith Jean Georges Remond, in 1811.
For another box by this goldsmith see lot 228.