A gold, enamel and cameo snuff box, probably Hanau, circa 1840

cartouche-shaped, the lid applied with an oval shell cameo profile of a young lady after the Antique, wearing a string of pearls, early 19th century, in blue enamel frame, surrounded by chased scrolls and arabesques on a sablé ground, the baluster sides and base similarly decorated

apparently unmarked apart from probably later added marks to right rim, including Paris 3eme titre 1838-1847, French maker's mark A (?) in lozenge, further numbered: 29

width 3 ⅛ in.

8.3 cm.