A four-colour gold and enamel snuff box, Charles Colins & Söhne, Hanau, circa 1830

Property of an Italian private collection

A four-colour gold and enamel snuff box, Charles Colins & Söhne, Hanau, circa 1830

rectangular with rounded corners, the lid centred with a chased multicoloured gold bouquet of sunflowers, roses and others on a sablé ground, within diaper engine-turning, surrounded by a broad blue enamel floral border, scrollwork ornament to each spandrel, the corners chased with a harp within small roses, the diaper-engine turning to sides framing blue enamel bands with rope twist and leaf border, the base similarly decorated; maker’s mark rubbed, control mark very rubbed,

8.7cm., 3⅜in. wide