A GERMAN JEWELLED ENAMELLED GOLD SNUFF-BOX
HANAU, CIRCA 1780, STRUCK WITH THE HANAU TOWN MARK FOR 19 CARAT GOLD AND WITH INDISTINCT MARKS RESEMBLING PARISIAN GOLD MARKS
A GERMAN JEWELLED ENAMELLED GOLD SNUFF-BOX HANAU, CIRCA 1780, STRUCK WITH THE HANAU TOWN MARK FOR 19 CARAT GOLD AND WITH INDISTINCT MARKS RESEMBLING PARISIAN GOLD MARKS oval box, the cover, sides and base set with panels enamelled to resemble blue marble within polished gold frames, with trailing white enamel taille d'épargne flower and leaf outer borders, the cover centred with an enamel plaque depicting "Venus giving arms to Aeneas" after Le Brun, within a diamond-set frame, the interior of the cover with rose-cut diamond-set crowned initials of Louis XVIII on a blue marble enamelled oval medallion 3 1/8 in. (80 mm.) wide
A GERMAN JEWELLED ENAMELLED GOLD SNUFF-BOX
HANAU, CIRCA 1780, STRUCK WITH THE HANAU TOWN MARK FOR 19 CARAT GOLD AND WITH INDISTINCT MARKS RESEMBLING PARISIAN GOLD MARKS
A GERMAN JEWELLED ENAMELLED GOLD SNUFF-BOX HANAU, CIRCA 1780, STRUCK WITH THE HANAU TOWN MARK FOR 19 CARAT GOLD AND WITH INDISTINCT MARKS RESEMBLING PARISIAN GOLD MARKS oval box, the cover, sides and base set with panels enamelled to resemble blue marble within polished gold frames, with trailing white enamel taille d'épargne flower and leaf outer borders, the cover centred with an enamel plaque depicting "Venus giving arms to Aeneas" after Le Brun, within a diamond-set frame, the interior of the cover with rose-cut diamond-set crowned initials of Louis XVIII on a blue marble enamelled oval medallion 3 1/8 in. (80 mm.) wide
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