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Auction archive: Lot number 21

A JEWELLED, GOLD AND ENAMEL IMPERIAL PRESENTATION SNUFF BOX, LOUIS-FRA...

Estimate
£15,000 - £20,000
ca. US$22,991 - US$30,655
Price realised:
£32,500
ca. US$49,815
Auction archive: Lot number 21

A JEWELLED, GOLD AND ENAMEL IMPERIAL PRESENTATION SNUFF BOX, LOUIS-FRA...

Estimate
£15,000 - £20,000
ca. US$22,991 - US$30,655
Price realised:
£32,500
ca. US$49,815
Beschreibung:

A jewelled, gold and enamel Imperial presentation snuff box, Louis-François-Tronquoy, Paris, circa 1855-1871 rectangular, applied in rose diamonds with the cypher of Napoleon III, Emperor of the French, on an openwork scrolled ground, each corner further applied with rose-diamond bees on a translucent scarlet ground over engine-turning and leafy volutes, the sides and base ornamented with pied-de-poule engine-turning within flowered scroll and cartouche ornament, applied with leaf thumbpiece, maker’s mark, French control mark (médecin grec), the rim numbered: 967 8.6cm., 3 3/8 in long

Auction archive: Lot number 21
Auction:
Datum:
24 Feb 2015
Auction house:
Sotheby's
London
Beschreibung:

A jewelled, gold and enamel Imperial presentation snuff box, Louis-François-Tronquoy, Paris, circa 1855-1871 rectangular, applied in rose diamonds with the cypher of Napoleon III, Emperor of the French, on an openwork scrolled ground, each corner further applied with rose-diamond bees on a translucent scarlet ground over engine-turning and leafy volutes, the sides and base ornamented with pied-de-poule engine-turning within flowered scroll and cartouche ornament, applied with leaf thumbpiece, maker’s mark, French control mark (médecin grec), the rim numbered: 967 8.6cm., 3 3/8 in long

Auction archive: Lot number 21
Auction:
Datum:
24 Feb 2015
Auction house:
Sotheby's
London
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