A GERMAN ENAMELLED VARI-COLOURED GOLD SNUFF-BOX SET WITH AN ENAMEL PLAQUE

BY LES FRÈRES SOUCHAY, MARKED, HANAU, CIRCA 1780/1790, STRUCK WITH THE HANAU TOWN MARK FOR 19 CARAT GOLD, AND TWO MARKS RESEMBLING THE CHARGE MARKS FOR JULIEN ALATERRE AND JEAN-BAPTISTE FOUACHE

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A GERMAN ENAMELLED VARI-COLOURED GOLD SNUFF-BOX SET WITH AN ENAMEL PLAQUE
BY LES FRÈRES SOUCHAY, MARKED, HANAU, CIRCA 1780/1790, STRUCK WITH THE HANAU TOWN MARK FOR 19 CARAT GOLD, AND TWO MARKS RESEMBLING THE CHARGE MARKS FOR JULIEN ALATERRE AND JEAN-BAPTISTE FOUACHE
oval box, the cover, sides and base set with panels of translucent purple enamel over an engine-turned ground within white enamel frames, the cover centred with an enamel plaque depicting a scene from the classics, within vari-colour gold foliate chased sablé borders, the inside of cover with a later engraving
3¼ in. (84 mm.) wide
The engraving reads ‘Presented / to Rear Admiral Rodd, / by his wife, / in grateful remembrance of / kind and unremitting attentions / to her beloved and lamented father. 1830’

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Vice-Admiral Sir John Tremayne Rodd, KCB (1769-1838) was an officer of the Royal Navy noted for his services during the Napoleonic Wars. Rodd served on board a number of ships, including HMS San Josef under Admiral Sir Charles Cotton and HMS Indefatigable during the Battle of the Basque Roads. In 1809, he married the daughter of James Rennell and in 1825 was promoted to rear-admiral, later advancing to vice-admiral and a knighthood. He died in 1838.

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