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PROPERTY FROM A EUROPEAN PRIVATE COLLECTION (LOTS 3764-3767)
A GERMAN JEWELLED ENAMELLED GOLD PRESENTATION SNUFF-BOX
PROBABLY HANAU, CIRCA 1850/1860
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A GERMAN JEWELLED ENAMELLED GOLD PRESENTATION SNUFF-BOX
PROBABLY HANAU, CIRCA 1850/1860
cartouche-shaped box with wavy baluster sides, the cover set with an oval plaque enamelled in translucent dark-blue on a guilloché ground in a polished gold frame, with applied silver-mounted old and rose-cut diamond initial W, a European Royal crown above, possibly for Wilhelm I (1797-1888), King of Prussia (1861-1888), flanked by four cast gold rosettes surrounded by scrolling foliage, the sides cast with strapwork and applied scrolling foliage between polished gold borders, the base similarly engraved with foliage and scrolls on a sablé ground
3¾ in. (95 mm.) wide
PROBABLY HANAU, CIRCA 1850/1860
cartouche-shaped box with wavy baluster sides, the cover set with an oval plaque enamelled in translucent dark-blue on a guilloché ground in a polished gold frame, with applied silver-mounted old and rose-cut diamond initial W, a European Royal crown above, possibly for Wilhelm I (1797-1888), King of Prussia (1861-1888), flanked by four cast gold rosettes surrounded by scrolling foliage, the sides cast with strapwork and applied scrolling foliage between polished gold borders, the base similarly engraved with foliage and scrolls on a sablé ground
3¾ in. (95 mm.) wide
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