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Property of a German Nobleman

A gold snuff box, possibly German, circa 1735,

Estimate

15,000 - 25,000 EUR

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Description

cartouche-shaped, the lid elaborately chased with rocailles, shells and scrollwork in high relief on a matted ground, the waisted sides with a slender thumbpiece and a chased shell below, polished gold base, reeded mounts, the interior of the lid mounted with a portrait miniature of two elderlies around a small treasure trunk, painted on paper, apparently unmarked,

with a handwritten paper note explaining some of the provenance, reading: ‘Fürstbischoff Dalberg meinem Grossvater von Chrisma geschenkt, mir im März 1878 als Erbe meines l. Vaters geworden‘


8 cm, 3 1/8 in, wide; overall weight 143 grams, 4.5 oz. 

Karl Theodor von Dalberg (1744-1817), Elector of Mainz;

presented to Josef Edler von Chrismar (1762-1833), counsel of the cathedral chapter of the Bishopric of Konstanz, Grand ducal Baden councilor;

his second son Karl von Chrismar (1801-1878);

his son Karl (1846-1896);

thence by descent