A GERMAN ROYAL JEWELLED ENAMELLED GOLD PRESENTATION SNUFF-BOX

MANNER OF CARL MARTIN WEISHAUPT AND SONS (FL. FROM 1837), HANAU, CIRCA 1850/1860, WITH THE HANAU TOWN MARK AND A MARK FOR 14 CARAT GOLD, FLANGE ENGRAVED NO. 1649

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A GERMAN ROYAL JEWELLED ENAMELLED GOLD PRESENTATION SNUFF-BOX
MANNER OF CARL MARTIN WEISHAUPT AND SONS (FL. FROM 1837), HANAU, CIRCA 1850/1860, WITH THE HANAU TOWN MARK AND A MARK FOR 14 CARAT GOLD, FLANGE ENGRAVED NO. 1649
rectangular boldly chased box with wavy outlines, the cover centred by a circular slightly raised plaque enamelled in translucent blue on a concentric engine-turned ground and applied with old-cut silver-mounted diamond scrolling gothic H, a Royal crown above, with three old-cut silver-mounted diamonds on either side surrounded by cast gold ivy leaves interwoven with branches on a matted ground, the wavy sides and base engraved with strapwork, scrolls and flowers, the incorporated thumbpiece cast with ivy leaves
3 7/16 in. (87 mm.) wide

来源

Habsburg Feldman, Geneva, 15 November 1989, lot 192.
Christie's, London, 10 December 2002, lot 254.

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The initial may be that of Henri of Bourbon, comte de Chambord (1820-1883), pretender to the French throne after 1836. He was the son of Charles Ferdinand d'Artois, duc de Berry (1778-1820), nephew of King Louis XVIII of France (1755-1824), and his wife Princess Marie-Caroline of Naples (1798-1870).
For other boxes by this goldsmith see lots 112, 114 and 115.