STYLE: European Silver, Gold Boxes and Ceramics
STYLE: European Silver, Gold Boxes and Ceramics
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