A GERMAN JEWELLLED ENAMELLED GOLD SNUFF-BOX FOR THE ORIENTAL MARKET
MAKER'S MARK C R, HANAU, CIRCA 1830/1840, WITH THE HANAU TOWN MARK, LATER STRUCK WITH TWO TUNISIAN RESTRICTED WARRANTY MARKS FOR GOLD 1905-1917 AND TWO TUNISIAN CENSUS MARKS FOR 1917
rectangular box with rounded corners, the cover centred by a shaped reserve enamelled with a lakeside landscape painted against a radiating guilloché ground enamelled in opalescent pink and studded with six rose-cut diamonds and applied with a chased, pierced and engraved scrolling gold porticus, against a vari-colour enamelled taille d'épargne ground with gold scrolls and arabesques and set with a further six rose-cut diamonds, the four sides similarly enamelled with white strapwork, gilt-metal and gold rims
3½ in. (88 mm.) wide
A GERMAN JEWELLLED ENAMELLED GOLD SNUFF-BOX FOR THE ORIENTAL MARKET
MAKER'S MARK C R, HANAU, CIRCA 1830/1840, WITH THE HANAU TOWN MARK, LATER STRUCK WITH TWO TUNISIAN RESTRICTED WARRANTY MARKS FOR GOLD 1905-1917 AND TWO TUNISIAN CENSUS MARKS FOR 1917
rectangular box with rounded corners, the cover centred by a shaped reserve enamelled with a lakeside landscape painted against a radiating guilloché ground enamelled in opalescent pink and studded with six rose-cut diamonds and applied with a chased, pierced and engraved scrolling gold porticus, against a vari-colour enamelled taille d'épargne ground with gold scrolls and arabesques and set with a further six rose-cut diamonds, the four sides similarly enamelled with white strapwork, gilt-metal and gold rims
3½ in. (88 mm.) wide
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