Tabatière en or de quatre couleurs, Les Frères Toussaint, Hanau,...
Tabatière en or de quatre couleurs, Les Frères Toussaint, Hanau, vers 1765
A four-colour gold snuffbox by Les Frères Toussaint, Hanau, circa 1765
Of oval form, applied and chased with countryside scenes and trophies within shaped cartouches, maker's mark, marks resembling the charge marks of Julien Berthe (tête de cheval, 1750–1756), Eloy Brichard/Etienne Somfoye (herse, 1756–1762), French ET import mark, 1864-1893, 8.5cm wide
A similar box by the same makers is in the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, inv. no. 48.187.471.
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Tabatière en or de quatre couleurs, Les Frères Toussaint, Hanau, vers 1765
A four-colour gold snuffbox by Les Frères Toussaint, Hanau, circa 1765
Of oval form, applied and chased with countryside scenes and trophies within shaped cartouches, maker's mark, marks resembling the charge marks of Julien Berthe (tête de cheval, 1750–1756), Eloy Brichard/Etienne Somfoye (herse, 1756–1762), French ET import mark, 1864-1893, 8.5cm wide
A similar box by the same makers is in the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, inv. no. 48.187.471.
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