A GERMAN VARI-COLOUR GOLD SNUFF-BOX SET WITH A HARDSTONE PLAQUE
MAKER'S MARK F C WITH CROWN ABOVE, HANAU, CIRCA 1780, THE COVER PLAQUE BY JOHANN-CHRISTIAN NEUBER (1736-1808), DRESDEN, CIRCA 1780/1785
A GERMAN VARI-COLOUR GOLD SNUFF-BOX SET WITH A HARDSTONE PLAQUE MAKER'S MARK F C WITH CROWN ABOVE, HANAU, CIRCA 1780, THE COVER PLAQUE BY JOHANN-CHRISTIAN NEUBER (1736-1808), DRESDEN, CIRCA 1780/1785 rectangular box with canted corners, the cover later set with a plaque of various coloured hardstones laid in a diaper-work pattern, including a variety of transparent and banded agates, carnelian, chalcedony, malachite, turquoise, bloodstone, lapis lazuli and labradorite, framed by thin chased gold borders lined with jasper, the corners and outer frame set with imitation pearls, the sides and base set with panels of sunburst engine-turning, all within vari-colour gold chased foliate borders 3¼ in. (81 mm.) wide
A GERMAN VARI-COLOUR GOLD SNUFF-BOX SET WITH A HARDSTONE PLAQUE
MAKER'S MARK F C WITH CROWN ABOVE, HANAU, CIRCA 1780, THE COVER PLAQUE BY JOHANN-CHRISTIAN NEUBER (1736-1808), DRESDEN, CIRCA 1780/1785
A GERMAN VARI-COLOUR GOLD SNUFF-BOX SET WITH A HARDSTONE PLAQUE MAKER'S MARK F C WITH CROWN ABOVE, HANAU, CIRCA 1780, THE COVER PLAQUE BY JOHANN-CHRISTIAN NEUBER (1736-1808), DRESDEN, CIRCA 1780/1785 rectangular box with canted corners, the cover later set with a plaque of various coloured hardstones laid in a diaper-work pattern, including a variety of transparent and banded agates, carnelian, chalcedony, malachite, turquoise, bloodstone, lapis lazuli and labradorite, framed by thin chased gold borders lined with jasper, the corners and outer frame set with imitation pearls, the sides and base set with panels of sunburst engine-turning, all within vari-colour gold chased foliate borders 3¼ in. (81 mm.) wide
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