A GERMAN ENAMELLED GOLD SNUFF-BOX
BY FRÈRES JORDAN (FL. 1790-1820), MARKED, PROBABLY HANAU, CIRCA 1795, TWO UNIDENTIFIED MARKS, THE FLANGE STAMPED WITH INVENTORY NUMBER 2192 AND STRUCK WITH A POST-1838 PARISIAN GUARANTEE MARK FOR GOLD
rectangular box with canted corners, the sides and base with panels of translucent dark blue enamel with opaque green enamel horizontal stripes, within opaque sky-blue enamel borders and white enamel frames, the outer borders of chased gold, the cover centred with a rectangular enamel of a peasant family gathered at the doorway of their cottage receiving news from a boy, in a wooded landscape with the sea and a sailing ship in the far distance, the four white enamel pilasters engraved with taille d'épargne gold vases
3¾ in. (95 mm.) wide
A GERMAN ENAMELLED GOLD SNUFF-BOX
BY FRÈRES JORDAN (FL. 1790-1820), MARKED, PROBABLY HANAU, CIRCA 1795, TWO UNIDENTIFIED MARKS, THE FLANGE STAMPED WITH INVENTORY NUMBER 2192 AND STRUCK WITH A POST-1838 PARISIAN GUARANTEE MARK FOR GOLD
rectangular box with canted corners, the sides and base with panels of translucent dark blue enamel with opaque green enamel horizontal stripes, within opaque sky-blue enamel borders and white enamel frames, the outer borders of chased gold, the cover centred with a rectangular enamel of a peasant family gathered at the doorway of their cottage receiving news from a boy, in a wooded landscape with the sea and a sailing ship in the far distance, the four white enamel pilasters engraved with taille d'épargne gold vases
3¾ in. (95 mm.) wide
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