A GERMAN ENAMELLED GOLD SNUFF-BOX, MAKER'S MARK J. B. C., HANAU, CIRCA 1780, CROWNED LETTER N, STRUCK WITH MARKS RESEMBLING THE CHARGE AND DECHARGE MARKS OF JEAN-BAPTISTE FOUACHE

A GERMAN ENAMELLED GOLD SNUFF-BOX
MAKER'S MARK J. B. C., HANAU, CIRCA 1780, CROWNED LETTER N, STRUCK WITH MARKS RESEMBLING THE CHARGE AND DECHARGE MARKS OF JEAN-BAPTISTE FOUACHE
oval box, the cover, sides and base set with panels of translucent blue-green enamel on a horizontal wavy engine-turned ground, within white enamel frames, the cover centered with a horizontal oval enamel plaque painted in purple camaïeu with two putti filling their quiver with flowers, within a translucent green enamel rope-twist sablé gold surround, the outer borders and side pilasters with opalescent enamel beads between translucent green enamel foliage
3½ in. (90 mm.) wide

Provenance
Christopher Henry Thomas Hawkins of Trewithen,Cornwall and 10 Portland Place, London, landowner and prodigious collector.
C.H.T. Hawkins, deceased, of 10 Portland Place; Christie's, London, 17 May 1904.