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A Large Three-Color Gold and Enamel Snuff Box, in Paris Eighteenth Century Taste

Auction Closed

June 18, 05:01 PM GMT

Estimate

15,000 - 20,000 USD

Lot Details

Description

rectangular, the lid set with an oval en grisaille enamel plaque of three putti frolicking with a goat on marble steps, crowned by a chased ribbon-tied flower garland, on a polished ground, in an outer frame of intertwined bands and yellow gold leaves, the sides similarly decorated, the base chased with a central oval medallion of three figures at the grape harvest on a sablé ground, the interior of the base engraved with a modern presentation inscription reading: Alle mie Silvie / Papa & Danilo / 17-10-06, French prestige marks


Length 3 1/8 in.

8 cm