A Jewelled Gold, Enamel and Ivory Portrait Miniature Snuff Box, German, Early 19th Century

the box attributed to Souchay & Colin, Hanau, circa 1805, later linings, one by C. M. Weishaupt, the lid later inset with an oval portrait miniature of Otto of Bavaria and King of Greece (1836-1863), wearing a sash and uniform, painted on ivory, in a frame of old mine-cut diamonds, on a sablé ground chased with scrollwork and applied with a gold sunflower centered with a further diamond to each corner, foliate chasing to sides, the base chased with two caryatids holding flower baskets and flanking a tulip-handled vase on a finally matted ground, the lid lining with maker’s mark CMW, the base lining with sunray mark within sprigs

Length 3 ½ in.

9 cm

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