Live Auction 10397Centuries of Style: Silver, European Ceramics, Portrait Miniatures and Gold Boxes
AN AUSTRIAN GOLD SNUFF-BOX
Lot 288 PROPERTY FROM AN AUSTRIAN PRIVATE COLLECTION
(Lots 287-304)

AN AUSTRIAN GOLD SNUFF-BOX

MAKER'S MARK F W, POSSIBLY FOR FRIEDRICH WIRTH (FL. 1792-1813) OR FRANZ WALNOFER (FL. 1800-1858), VIENNA, CIRCA 1810

Closed3 June 2015

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GBP 3,500

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AN AUSTRIAN GOLD SNUFF-BOX
MAKER'S MARK F W, POSSIBLY FOR FRIEDRICH WIRTH (FL. 1792-1813) OR FRANZ WALNOFER (FL. 1800-1858), VIENNA, CIRCA 1810
rectangular box with canted corners, the cover, sides and base set with panels of striped engine-turning with alternating vertical and horizontal reeding within chased acanthus leaf sablé borders
3½ in. (90 mm.) wide
3 oz. (92 gr.)

with Herbert Asenbaum, Vienna.