A gold and enamel snuff box, Hanau, circa 1795

Property of an Italian private collection

A gold and enamel snuff box, Hanau, circa 1795

rectangular with cut corners, the lid enamelled en grisaille with a fisherman and and a washerwoman before classical architectural ruins, on a crème anglaise coloured enamel ground, within opaque pale blue and white enamel borders, the sides and base decorated in the same colours, the corners decorated with engraved classical vases on a white enamel ground, sunray and crossed S marks, the rim numbered: 3047,

8.2cm., 3¼in. wide