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A CONTINENTAL ENAMELLED SILVER-GILT SNUFF-BOX
PROBABLY VIENNA, CIRCA 1880, THE FLANGE STRUCK WITH AN AUSTRO-HUNGARIAN IMPORT MARK FOR 1901-1921
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A CONTINENTAL ENAMELLED SILVER-GILT SNUFF-BOX
PROBABLY VIENNA, CIRCA 1880, THE FLANGE STRUCK WITH AN AUSTRO-HUNGARIAN IMPORT MARK FOR 1901-1921
rectangular with cut corners, the cover, sides and base enamelled in translucent blue, the cover centred with an oval enamel depicting figures including a lady and three young men with a dog, in a landscape, within a gold band with an opaque white enamel border and outer borders of white and blue with gold paillons of flowerheads and scrolls, slightly raised thumbpiece
3 1/16 in. (78 mm.) wide
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VAT rate of 5% is payable on hammer price and at 15% on the buyer's premium
Lot Essay
The enamel on the lid is inspired by Jean-Antoine Watteau's painting The Dance of circa 1719, now in the Gemäldegalerie, Berlin.
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