A continental two color gold and enamel snuff box
A continental two color gold and enamel snuff box
Octagonal, the hinged lid with enamel plaque incorporating a painted scene depicting a romantic suicide and grieving lover, with engine turned side panels and base with guilloché oval within chased and engraved border of leafy scrolls and flowering vines, struck with maker's mark, T crown above
Date: First quarter 19th century
Size: 88 x 56 mm
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A continental two color gold and enamel snuff box
Octagonal, the hinged lid with enamel plaque incorporating a painted scene depicting a romantic suicide and grieving lover, with engine turned side panels and base with guilloché oval within chased and engraved border of leafy scrolls and flowering vines, struck with maker's mark, T crown above
Date: First quarter 19th century
Size: 88 x 56 mm