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Important Gold Boxes from a Private European Family Collection

A gold-mounted hardstone snuff box, Dresden, mid-eighteenth century, in the manner of Heinrici

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May 16, 01:39 PM GMT

Estimate

15,000 - 20,000 CHF

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Description

of asymmetric cartouche shape, the lid and sides inlaid with classical ruins, trees and floral ornaments reminiscent of stylised chrysanthemums, the reeded gold mounts set with a chased scrolling thumbpiece, the base and footrim decorated with gold trelliswork, apparently unmarked,


10 cm; 4 in. wide

Christie's Geneva, 14 May 1986, lot 470

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