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For another box and a catalogue note on this goldsmith see lot 271.
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BY FRÈRES SOUCHAY, HANAU, CIRCA 1790, STRUCK WITH THE HANAU TOWN MARK FOR 18 CARAT GOLD, CROWNED LETTER D AND A MARK RESEMBLING THE PARISIAN CHARGE MARK FOR 1768-1775
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A GERMAN ENAMELLED GOLD SNUFF-BOX
BY FRÈRES SOUCHAY, HANAU, CIRCA 1790, STRUCK WITH THE HANAU TOWN MARK FOR 18 CARAT GOLD, CROWNED LETTER D AND A MARK RESEMBLING THE PARISIAN CHARGE MARK FOR 1768-1775
oval box, the cover, sides and base set with panels of translucent raspberry-coloured enamel over an engine-turned ground stamped at intervals with pellets, within opaque white enamel frames and rope-twist gold and green enamel leaf borders, the cover centred with an oval enamel plaque depicting a classical scene
3¼ in. (82 mm.) wide
BY FRÈRES SOUCHAY, HANAU, CIRCA 1790, STRUCK WITH THE HANAU TOWN MARK FOR 18 CARAT GOLD, CROWNED LETTER D AND A MARK RESEMBLING THE PARISIAN CHARGE MARK FOR 1768-1775
oval box, the cover, sides and base set with panels of translucent raspberry-coloured enamel over an engine-turned ground stamped at intervals with pellets, within opaque white enamel frames and rope-twist gold and green enamel leaf borders, the cover centred with an oval enamel plaque depicting a classical scene
3¼ in. (82 mm.) wide
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