Lot 33
  • 33

A GOLD SNUFF BOX, CANTON, CIRCA 1830 | A gold snuff box, Canton, circa 1830

Estimate
8,000 - 12,000 EUR
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Description

  • 7.5cm, 3 in wide, 169g
rectangular, the lid and base richly chased with chinese figures at work in the countryside and at rest near a pagoda, the slightly waisted sides with a procession of musicians, struck with London prestige marks for 1810

Condition

Excellent condition; very heavy, chased with verve.
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Catalogue Note

The Chinese Export silversmith who has been associated with the mark 'P', with pseudo English hallmarks, remains unidentified. Adrien von Fershcht, in Chinese Export Silver 1785-1940, suggests the maker is one and the same as the master of the WE WE WC mark, which carries the same letter P mark, in the same font. Boxes of this type were made for wealthy Chinese trade merchants and are extremely rare in solid gold.