View full screen - View 1 of Lot 136. A gold and enamel snuff box, probably Jean-François Bautte, Geneva, circa 1820, for the Ottoman market.

A gold and enamel snuff box, probably Jean-François Bautte, Geneva, circa 1820, for the Ottoman market

Estimate

9,000 - 15,000 EUR

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Description

rectangular with oval section, the lid painted en plein with a combined trophy of love and war, on an opalescent enamel ground over sunray engine-turning, within translucent red enamel borders on an opaque turquoise ground, the sides and base with taille d’épargne scrollwork flanked by bands of roses with scalloped outlines, apparently unmarked apart from later French hibou control mark,

with a certificate of provenance from Kensington Palace


7.2 cm; 3 in. wide

overall weight 75 grams; 2.64 oz.

HRH Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon;

sold Christie's, 14 June 2006, lot 860