Gold Boxes, Fabergé and Objects of Vertu

Gold Boxes, Fabergé and Objects of Vertu

View full screen - View 1 of Lot 29. A gold and enamel presentation snuff box, Alexandre-Raoul Morel, Paris, 1838-1847.

Property from an important European private collection

A gold and enamel presentation snuff box, Alexandre-Raoul Morel, Paris, 1838-1847

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Auction Closed

May 25, 03:15 PM GMT

Estimate

8,000 - 12,000 GBP

Lot Details

Description

Property from an important European private collection

A gold and enamel presentation snuff box, Alexandre-Raoul Morel, Paris, 1838-1847


rectangular with rounded corners, the lid applied with the crowned cipher of Henri, Comte de Chambord, in translucent blue enamel over engine-turning, on an sprig-patterned engine-turned ground within engraved scrollwork including stylised fleurs-de-lys, the base and sides similarly decorated, the inside of the lid engraved with a presentation inscription reading: Donné / par Monsieur le Comte de Chambord / à Mr le Consul / le 18 7bre 1847, maker’s mark, French post-1838 control marks, the rim numbered: 973

8.5cm., 3⅜in wide

(2)

Christie's Geneva, 15 September 1983, lot 489

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