Lot Essay
For two other fine snuff-boxes by this important goldsmith, see lots 25 and 92.
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A FRENCH RESTORATION GOLD AND ENAMEL SNUFF-BOX
by Gabriel-Raoul Morel, Paris, 1819-1838
Rectangular box with rounded corners, the cover, sides and base decorated with rectangular panels of horizontally wavy engine-turning, the borders chased with blue-enamelled scrolling foliage on a matted gold ground, with shell-shaped engraved thumbpiece -- 85 mm wide.
by Gabriel-Raoul Morel, Paris, 1819-1838
Rectangular box with rounded corners, the cover, sides and base decorated with rectangular panels of horizontally wavy engine-turning, the borders chased with blue-enamelled scrolling foliage on a matted gold ground, with shell-shaped engraved thumbpiece -- 85 mm wide.