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BY CHARLES COLINS SONS, MARKED, HANAU, CIRCA 1840/1860
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A GERMAN JEWELLED VARI-COLOUR GOLD SNUFF-BOX
by Charles Colins Sons, marked, Hanau, circa 1840/1860
Rectangular box with rounded corners, the cover centred with a circular translucent blue enamel plaque set with the Austrian Imperial eagle in rose-cut diamonds set silver, surrounded by five silver-mounted old-cut diamonds, the left and right hand side of the cover with each three silver-mounted old-cut diamonds surrounded by gold c-scrolls on a matted gold ground, the sides and base with engine-turned panels cut by shaped reserves of stamped foliage on a matted ground, ribbon-twist borders, the corners of the sides with cartouches containing butterflies
36 in. (91 mm.) wide
by Charles Colins Sons, marked, Hanau, circa 1840/1860
Rectangular box with rounded corners, the cover centred with a circular translucent blue enamel plaque set with the Austrian Imperial eagle in rose-cut diamonds set silver, surrounded by five silver-mounted old-cut diamonds, the left and right hand side of the cover with each three silver-mounted old-cut diamonds surrounded by gold c-scrolls on a matted gold ground, the sides and base with engine-turned panels cut by shaped reserves of stamped foliage on a matted ground, ribbon-twist borders, the corners of the sides with cartouches containing butterflies
36 in. (91 mm.) wide