A group of three gold and enamel snuff boxes, Hanau, circa 1795-1810

the first, a gold box by Les Frères Toussaint, Hanau, circa 1795, of straightened purse form, the lid decorated with an elliptical panel of concentrig engine-turning below chased acorn branches to top corners, matching engine-turned sides and base, Hanau marks including maker's mark;

the second, a two-coloured gold and enamel example by Gebrüder Toussaint, Hanau, circa 1810, rectangular, the smaller engine-turned lid with a bow-shaped thumbpiece, the box decorated with blue enamel scrollwork borders on a sablé ground, the interior of the lid later engraved: Leopold II Großherzog von Toscana 1765-1790, the interior of the base engraved inscribed Alice, Rome, 1929-1933, maker's mark between Hanau shield mark, lion mark and rosette;

the third, a gold and enamel snuff box by Müller, Bury & Jünger, Hanau, circa 1815 and later, rectangular, the later lid centred with an oval plaque in rose gold, on an engine-turned ground, within dark blue enamel frame and foliate borders, the sides and base with wavy engine-turning within dark blue taille d'épargne enamel griffin and scrollwork borders, maker's mark MB&I in an oval, rosette mark, further struck 14k for 14ct gold,

the largest 9.1 cm; 3 ⅝ in. wide