A Gold and Enamel Snuff Box, Gebrüder Toussaint, Hanau, circa 1805/1810

rectangular with cut corners, the lid set with a rectangular enamel plaque painted with two young boys chasing mallards by a waterfall, the reeded gold ground decorated with geometric ornaments and heart and arch borders in black and opaque cornflower blue taille d'épargne enamel, maker's mark GT within sundials, later control mark

3 ⅜ in., 8.5 cm wide