A Park Avenue Treasury: The Alan and Simone Hartman Collection Part II

A Gold and Enamel Snuff Box for the Ottoman Market, Geneva, Circa 1830

No reserve

No Reserves

Auction Closed

October 16, 06:35 PM GMT

Estimate

7,000 - 10,000 USD

Lot Details

Description

oval, all sides painted with different views of The Bosporus against a bright opaque green enamel ground, in a wavy gold and white enamel frame, pink taille d'épargne enamel borders embellished with translucent red and blue enamel flowers, apparently unmarked apart from post-1918 French control marks

Length 3 ⅛ in.

8 cm

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