STYLE: European Silver, Gold Boxes and Ceramics

STYLE: European Silver, Gold Boxes and Ceramics

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A SMALL GOLD AND ENAMEL TOOTHPICK CASE, PROBABLY HANAU, EARLY 19TH CENTURY

Auction Closed

November 11, 04:08 PM GMT

Estimate

2,000 - 3,000 GBP

Lot Details

Description

A SMALL GOLD AND ENAMEL TOOTHPICK CASE, PROBABLY HANAU, EARLY 19TH CENTURY


rectangular with cut corners, the lid with a panel painted en plein with chickens in a landscape on a translucent blue ground within gold paillon borders, the sides and base similarly enamelled within opaque white and gold borders, the lid later fitted with a mirror, marks rubbed, the left rim struck: 3303, to the sides,

6,9 cm. wide


Anonymous vendor, Christie’s, Geneva, 19 May 1998, lot 216