A JEWELLED GOLD AND ENAMEL ROYAL PRESENTATION SNUFF BOX, PROBABLY HANAU, CIRCA 1845 rectangular with rounded corners, the lid later applied with the rose diamond and paste-set cipher of William II, King of the Netherlands, on translucent blue damask enamel, within scrolling foliage and framed by collet-set diamonds and pastes, the sides and base with geometrically engine-turned central panels within leafy borders on a sablé ground, the inside of the lid engraved with a presentation inscription reading 'Presented/TO CAPTAIN THE HON.BLE A. N. HOOD / GROOM IN WAITING TO THE QUEEN / BY HIS MAJESTY WILHELM II / King of the Netherlands / August 8th 1845, apparently unmarked 8.4cm., 3 1/4. in. wide To view Shipping Calculator, please click hereCondition ReportSmart general appearance, hinges replaced, the lid lining has been out, a few scratches around the pins on the side of the lid; a few diamonds in the cipher replaced with paste The lot is sold in the condition it is in at the time of sale. The
A JEWELLED GOLD AND ENAMEL ROYAL PRESENTATION SNUFF BOX, PROBABLY HANAU, CIRCA 1845 rectangular with rounded corners, the lid later applied with the rose diamond and paste-set cipher of William II, King of the Netherlands, on translucent blue damask enamel, within scrolling foliage and framed by collet-set diamonds and pastes, the sides and base with geometrically engine-turned central panels within leafy borders on a sablé ground, the inside of the lid engraved with a presentation inscription reading 'Presented/TO CAPTAIN THE HON.BLE A. N. HOOD / GROOM IN WAITING TO THE QUEEN / BY HIS MAJESTY WILHELM II / King of the Netherlands / August 8th 1845, apparently unmarked 8.4cm., 3 1/4. in. wide To view Shipping Calculator, please click hereCondition ReportSmart general appearance, hinges replaced, the lid lining has been out, a few scratches around the pins on the side of the lid; a few diamonds in the cipher replaced with paste The lot is sold in the condition it is in at the time of sale. The
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