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View full screen - View 1 of Lot 83. A GOLD AND ENAMEL 'HISTORISMUS' SNUFF BOX, PROBABLY AUSTRIAN, MID TO LATE 19TH CENTURY.

A GOLD AND ENAMEL 'HISTORISMUS' SNUFF BOX, PROBABLY AUSTRIAN, MID TO LATE 19TH CENTURY

Auction Closed

July 14, 12:35 PM GMT

Estimate

4,000 - 6,000 GBP

Lot Details

Description

A GOLD AND ENAMEL 'HISTORISMUS' SNUFF BOX, PROBABLY AUSTRIAN, MID TO LATE 19TH CENTURY


rectangular, the gold cagework mounts engraved with shell and scroll ornament, the lid, three sides and base inset with cut-cornered panels painted with Flemish kermesse and 17th century equestrian subjects, the reverse with a replacement panel, apparently unmarked

7.5cm., 3 in. wide

Although this box is unmarked, it bears a marked stylistic similarity to the box by Hermann Ratzersdorfer, lot 84. It would, therefore, not be unreasonable to suggest that it also originated in Vienna at a similar date.