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Auction archive: Lot number 106

A GOLD AND ENAMEL ARMORIAL SNUFFBOX, A CONTINENTAL GOLD AND ENAMEL SNUFFBOX, AND A CONTINENTAL GOLD VINAIGRETTE

Estimate
US$6,000 - US$8,000
Price realised:
US$9,375
Auction archive: Lot number 106

A GOLD AND ENAMEL ARMORIAL SNUFFBOX, A CONTINENTAL GOLD AND ENAMEL SNUFFBOX, AND A CONTINENTAL GOLD VINAIGRETTE

Estimate
US$6,000 - US$8,000
Price realised:
US$9,375
Beschreibung:

A GOLD AND ENAMEL ARMORIAL SNUFFBOX, A CONTINENTAL GOLD AND ENAMEL SNUFFBOX, AND A CONTINENTAL GOLD VINAIGRETTE the first rectangular, the bombé sides chased with scrolling foliage spaced by panels of blue and gold enamel trellis, the cover mounted with a gold and enamel armorial flanked by foliage on a blue enamel ground and within a border of diamonds and sapphires; the second rectangular with shaped corners, the sides chased with twisting foliage, the cover with a running hound against a blue enamel ground; the vinaigrette rectangular, the cover and base engraved with scrolling foliage within applied conforming borders, the grate pierced and engraved with foliage and cornucopias armorial snuffbox apparently unmarked, probably Hanau, late 19th century; gold and enamel snuffbox marked on cover, circa 1840; vinaigrette apparently unmarked, circa 1840 Lengths 3 ½ in., 3 1/8 in., 2in. 8.9cm, 8cm, 5.1cm

Auction archive: Lot number 106
Auction:
Datum:
20 Oct 2009
Auction house:
Sotheby's
New York
Beschreibung:

A GOLD AND ENAMEL ARMORIAL SNUFFBOX, A CONTINENTAL GOLD AND ENAMEL SNUFFBOX, AND A CONTINENTAL GOLD VINAIGRETTE the first rectangular, the bombé sides chased with scrolling foliage spaced by panels of blue and gold enamel trellis, the cover mounted with a gold and enamel armorial flanked by foliage on a blue enamel ground and within a border of diamonds and sapphires; the second rectangular with shaped corners, the sides chased with twisting foliage, the cover with a running hound against a blue enamel ground; the vinaigrette rectangular, the cover and base engraved with scrolling foliage within applied conforming borders, the grate pierced and engraved with foliage and cornucopias armorial snuffbox apparently unmarked, probably Hanau, late 19th century; gold and enamel snuffbox marked on cover, circa 1840; vinaigrette apparently unmarked, circa 1840 Lengths 3 ½ in., 3 1/8 in., 2in. 8.9cm, 8cm, 5.1cm

Auction archive: Lot number 106
Auction:
Datum:
20 Oct 2009
Auction house:
Sotheby's
New York
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