A GOLD AND ENAMEL SNUFF BOX, 19TH CENTURY
Auction Closed
November 11, 04:08 PM GMT
Estimate
4,000 - 6,000 GBP
Lot Details
Description
A GOLD AND ENAMEL SNUFF BOX, 19TH CENTURY
navette form, decorated in 18th century taste, with oval panels painted en grisaille on red camaïeu, with mythological and pastoral subjects painted en plein, the ground striped in opaque white and translucent green laurel within matching acanthus borders, French prestige marks, comprising illegible maker’s mark, charge mark of Eloi Brichard, date letter V and charge mark of Julien Alaterre, later French control marks
9cm., 3½in. wide