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BY CARL MARTIN WEISHAUPT SÖHNE (FL. FROM 1837), MARKED, HANAU, CIRCA 1850
Details
A GERMAN PARCEL-ENAMELLED GOLD SNUFF-BOX
BY CARL MARTIN WEISHAUPT SÖHNE (FL. FROM 1837), MARKED, HANAU, CIRCA 1850
cartouche-shaped box, the cover, baluster sides and base decorated with scrolls, foliage and ivy festoons in blue and white champlevé enamel on a burnished gold ground, slightly raised scrolling foliate thumbpiece
3 1/8 in. (80 mm.) wide
BY CARL MARTIN WEISHAUPT SÖHNE (FL. FROM 1837), MARKED, HANAU, CIRCA 1850
cartouche-shaped box, the cover, baluster sides and base decorated with scrolls, foliage and ivy festoons in blue and white champlevé enamel on a burnished gold ground, slightly raised scrolling foliate thumbpiece
3 1/8 in. (80 mm.) wide
Provenance
Christie's, Geneva, 19 November 1996, lot 227.
Special notice
VAT rate of 5% is payable on hammer price and at 15% on the buyer's premium