AN AUSTRIAN ENAMELLED GOLD SNUFF-BOX, BY JOSEF WOLFGANG SCHMIDT (FL. 1769-1836), MARKED, VIENNA, CIRCA 1790, STRUCK WITH TWO FRENCH POST-1838 RESTRICTED WARRANTY MARKS FOR GOLD

AN AUSTRIAN ENAMELLED GOLD SNUFF-BOX
BY JOSEF WOLFGANG SCHMIDT (FL. 1769-1836), MARKED, VIENNA, CIRCA 1790, STRUCK WITH TWO FRENCH POST-1838 RESTRICTED WARRANTY MARKS FOR GOLD
rectangular box with canted corners, the cover, sides and base set with panels of translucent French-blue enamel on an engine-turned ground, within translucent red enamel borders set at intervals with green enamel patera, the sablé side pilasters hung with green enamel garlands, the cover centred with an oval enamel miniature depicting a classical scene of a man crowning a lady with laurel wreath
3.¼ in. (82 mm.) wide

Provenance
Presumably Baron Henri de Rothschild (1872-1947).
Anonymous sale; Christie's, Geneva, 19 November 1980, lot 327.