A GERMAN GOLD AND ENAMEL SNUFF-BOX
BY CARL MARTIN WEISHAUPT & SÖHNE (FL. FROM 1837), MARKED, HANAU, CIRCA 1850/1860, WITH THE HANAU TOWN MARK AND 14 CARAT GOLD MARK, THE FLANGE ENGRAVED WITH INVENTORY NO. 2815
Cartouche-shaped box with baluster sides, the lid centred with a blue champlevé enamelled bouquet within polished and sablé gold strapwork arabesques, on scrolling engine-turned ground, the base similarly engraved, the wavy sides with foliate-chased polished panels framed with reeded hearts, coin-pattern engraved raised thumbpiece
3 5/8 in. (92 mm.) wide
A GERMAN GOLD AND ENAMEL SNUFF-BOX
BY CARL MARTIN WEISHAUPT & SÖHNE (FL. FROM 1837), MARKED, HANAU, CIRCA 1850/1860, WITH THE HANAU TOWN MARK AND 14 CARAT GOLD MARK, THE FLANGE ENGRAVED WITH INVENTORY NO. 2815
Cartouche-shaped box with baluster sides, the lid centred with a blue champlevé enamelled bouquet within polished and sablé gold strapwork arabesques, on scrolling engine-turned ground, the base similarly engraved, the wavy sides with foliate-chased polished panels framed with reeded hearts, coin-pattern engraved raised thumbpiece
3 5/8 in. (92 mm.) wide
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