A GERMAN ENAMELLED GOLD SNUFF-BOX, PROBABLY HANAU, CIRCA 1810, STRUCK WITH A CROWNED J AND MARKS RESEMBLING THE PARISIAN CHARGE MARK OF 1762-1768
A GERMAN ENAMELLED GOLD SNUFF-BOX
PROBABLY HANAU, CIRCA 1810, STRUCK WITH A CROWNED J AND MARKS RESEMBLING THE PARISIAN CHARGE MARK OF 1762-1768
rectangular box with canted corners, the cover, sides and base set with panels of translucent dark-blue enamel on an engine-turned ground within white enamel frames, with blue and white enamel and foliate gold taille d'épargne outer borders, the cover centred with an enamel classical scene of Aurora in her chariot
2. 7/8 in. (73 mm.) wide
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A GERMAN ENAMELLED GOLD SNUFF-BOX
PROBABLY HANAU, CIRCA 1810, STRUCK WITH A CROWNED J AND MARKS RESEMBLING THE PARISIAN CHARGE MARK OF 1762-1768
rectangular box with canted corners, the cover, sides and base set with panels of translucent dark-blue enamel on an engine-turned ground within white enamel frames, with blue and white enamel and foliate gold taille d'épargne outer borders, the cover centred with an enamel classical scene of Aurora in her chariot
2. 7/8 in. (73 mm.) wide