BY ANTON DUDEUM (FL. C. 1798-1806), MARKED, WITH THE VIENNESE STANDARD MARK FOR 13-CARAT GOLD 1791-1824, WITH THE VIENNA DATE MARK FOR 1806 AND THE VIENNA TAX MARK 1806-1807

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AN AUSTRIAN GOLD-MOUNTED HARDSTONE SNUFF-BOX
by Anton Dudeum (fl. c. 1798-1806), marked, with the Viennese standard mark for 13-carat gold 1791-1824, with the Vienna date mark for 1806 and the Vienna tax mark 1806-1807
Octagonal lapis-lazuli box, the panel on the cover with bevelled edges, framed by a narrow gold mount stamped with pellets, ovolos and foliage on a matted ground, the broad upper mount of the sides stamped with trailing foliage on a frosted ground, the lower side rims stamped with stylized acanthus, the interior lined with glass
3¾ in. (95 mm.) wide

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VAT rate of 17.5% is payable on hammer price plus buyer’s premium.

Lot Essay

Marc Rosenberg (Der Goldschmiede Merkzeichen, Berlin, 1922-1928, vol. IV, no. 7959) mentions an octagonal striated agate snuff-box with gold-mounts by Dudeum, in the collection of the Grand Duke of Baden, of 1805 (sold Sotheby's, Baden-Baden, October 1995, lot 1984), and another oval gold-mounted hardstone snuff-box. A gold-mounted bloodstone box by him was sold Christie's, Geneva, 19 May 1992, lot 2.

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