TURIN, CIRCA 1880

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AN ITALIAN GOLD PRESENTATION SNUFF-BOX
TURIN, CIRCA 1880
rectangular gold box with rounded corners, the cover, sides and base set with panels of horizontal reeded engine-turning within polished gold borders with scroll thumbpiece, the cover centred with an applied sablé oval cartouche mounted with the gold cypher of Umberto I (1844-1900), Duke of Savoy and King of Italy 1878-1900, the base engraved with the coat-of-arms of the House of Savoy
3? in. (85 mm.) wide
3½ oz. (107 gr.)

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Lot Essay

Umberto I was born in 1844 in Turin, Piedmont, Kingdom of Sardinia and died in 1900 in Monza, Italy. He was duke of Savoy and king of Italy who led his country out of its isolation and into the Triple Alliance with Austria-Hungary and Germany. He supported nationalistic and imperialistic policies that were to lead to disaster for Italy and which helped create the atmosphere in which he was assassinated.

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