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 set with an enamel panel representing a young couple philandering on a clearing in the forest, two crones peaking at them from behind ruined columns to the right, on opaque black enamel ground, within fine white enamel rims and pale blue enamel and gold borders, the sides enameled in plain black, cornflower blue and opaque white, the dividers decorated with vases, the base similarly decorated, sunray and crossed S marks, the rim numbered: 2883, later struck: M3

8.3cm., 3¼in. wide