Lot 730
  • 730

A 14 ct gold and enamel German Royal presentation snuff box, probably Firma Bury & Co., Hanau, circa 1861

Estimate
4,000 - 6,000 GBP
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Description

  • A 14 ct gold and enamel German Royal presentation snuff box, probably Firma Bury & Co., Hanau, circa 1861
  • gold, enamel, leather (case)
  • 9.2cm., 3 5/8 in wide
of shaped rectangular form with waisted sides, engraved and chased overall with rich foliate scrolls, garlands and sprays of flowers, the lid picked out in blue and white enamel, the lid interior with presentation inscription 'présenté par/ S.M. George V /Roi de Hannovre /à Mr Janson /le 24 Juillet 1861', maker's mark FB conjoined & C, town mark, further struck with 14Kt standard, in original brown leather case

Condition

some losses to enamel on lid, 14ct gold, 98gr. hinge of brown leather case broken.
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Catalogue Note

George V (1819 - 1878) was born in Berlin, the only son of Prince Ernest Augustus, Duke of Cumberland, himself fifth son of George III, and his wife Princess Frederica of Mecklenburg-Strelitz on 27 May 1819.
He spent his childhood in Berlin and in Britain, losing the sight of one eye following a childhood accident and illness in 1828, and losing the sight in the other eye in 1833.

In 1851, he succeeded his father as George V, King of Hanover, but refused to join Prussia during the Austro-Prussian conflict which resulted in the annexation of Hanover by the Prussian army in 1866. George V lost his throne, being thus the last king of Hanover. He went in exile in Gmunden, Austria, and then in Paris where he died, rue de Presbourg, in 1878.