A GOLD AND ENAMEL COMMEMORATIVE PORTRAIT SNUFF BOX, PROBABLY HANAU, CIRCA 1914

A GOLD AND ENAMEL COMMEMORATIVE PORTRAIT SNUFF BOX, PROBABLY HANAU, CIRCA 1914

rectangular with cut corners, the lid applied with a miniature on ivory of Ludwig I of Bavaria, after Joseph Stieler, signed Jacques Hille, surrounded by blue and white enamel in the lozenge pattern of the Wittelsbach coat-of-arms, within gold and white laurel border, the interior painted with signed miniatures of Valhalla and the Befreiungshalle, the front with a gold and enamel cartouche representing the Bavarian Royal coat-of-arms above the dedication: Sr. M. König Ludwig III gewidmet, the sides with a white enamel cartouche with a gold royal crown below a leafy border, the reverse with a Regensburg town coat of arms above a ribbon inscribed 'Regensburg 1914', the base of reeded gold, apparently unmarked
9cm. , 3½in. wide

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Provenance:
Anonymous vendor, Sotheby's Geneva, Important wristwatches and clocks, 16 November 1999, lot 417