A GERMAN JEWELLED ENAMELLED GOLD SNUFF-BOX
BY CARL MARTIN WEISHAUPT AND SONS (FL. FROM 1837), MARKED, HANAU, 1850/1860, WITH A 14 CARAT GOLD HALLMARK AND INVENTORY NO. 2515
cartouche-shaped box, the cover, lobed baluster sides and base engraved, cast and embossed with foliate scrolls on a matted ground, the cover applied with an oval translucent blue radiating guilloché enamel plaque set with a flowerspray of diamonds within bright-cut frame, three silver and blue enamel mounted diamonds on either side, with original fitted red velvet case
3¼ in. (84 mm.) wide (2)
A GERMAN JEWELLED ENAMELLED GOLD SNUFF-BOX
BY CARL MARTIN WEISHAUPT AND SONS (FL. FROM 1837), MARKED, HANAU, 1850/1860, WITH A 14 CARAT GOLD HALLMARK AND INVENTORY NO. 2515
cartouche-shaped box, the cover, lobed baluster sides and base engraved, cast and embossed with foliate scrolls on a matted ground, the cover applied with an oval translucent blue radiating guilloché enamel plaque set with a flowerspray of diamonds within bright-cut frame, three silver and blue enamel mounted diamonds on either side, with original fitted red velvet case
3¼ in. (84 mm.) wide (2)
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