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A Small Gold and Enamel Snuff Box, Hanau, Circa 1780

No reserve

Auction Closed

October 16, 06:35 PM GMT

Estimate

4,000 - 6,000 USD

Lot Details

Description

oval, all sides decorated with trophies of love, flower garlands and geometrical ornaments in dark blue basse-taille enamel, on a hatched and reeded gold ground, remnants of a Hanau maker's mark within leaves, post-1918 French control marks, the rim later struck with a prestige mark resembling a Paris maker's mark in a horizontal lozenge


Length 2 ⅜ in.

6.2 cm