GOLD: The Midas Touch

A GOLD-MOUNTED BLOODSTONE SNUFF BOX, JOSEF WOLFGANG SCHMIDT, VIENNA, CIRCA 1800

Auction Closed

October 29, 03:04 PM GMT

Estimate

3,500 - 4,500 GBP

Lot Details

Description

A GOLD-MOUNTED BLOODSTONE SNUFF BOX, JOSEF WOLFGANG SCHMIDT, VIENNA, CIRCA 1800

recatangular with rounded corners, the panels mounted by plain gold cagework, the lid framed by a chased scrolling floral border on a sablé ground, town mark, post 1838 French hibou control mark

6.6cm., 2⅝in. wide

Please note that this box does not have a maker's mark for Josef Wolfgang Schmidt, but only the Viennese town marks and the later French control marks.