A GERMAN JEWELLED ENAMELLED GOLD SNUFF-BOX

HANAU, CIRCA 1780, STRUCK WITH THE HANAU TOWN MARK FOR 19 CARAT GOLD AND WITH INDISTINCT MARKS RESEMBLING PARISIAN GOLD MARKS

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A GERMAN JEWELLED ENAMELLED GOLD SNUFF-BOX
HANAU, CIRCA 1780, STRUCK WITH THE HANAU TOWN MARK FOR 19 CARAT GOLD AND WITH INDISTINCT MARKS RESEMBLING PARISIAN GOLD MARKS
oval box, the cover, sides and base set with panels enamelled to resemble blue marble within polished gold frames, with trailing white enamel taille d'épargne flower and leaf outer borders, the cover centred with an enamel plaque depicting "Venus giving arms to Aeneas" after Le Brun, within a diamond-set frame, the interior of the cover with rose-cut diamond-set crowned initials of Louis XVIII on a blue marble enamelled oval medallion
3 1/8 in. (80 mm.) wide

Provenance

Mayer Carl von Rothschlid (1820-86), Frankfurt to his daughter Emma Louise (1844-1935) who married her cousin, Nathaniel Mayer of the London branch, the first Lord Rothschild and then by descent to Victor, 3rd Lord Rothschild by whom sold
The Property of The Lord Rothschild, Christies, London, 30 June 1982, lot 6.

Literature

Included in an inventory of the collection of Freiherrlich Carl von Rothschild at his house at No. 15 Untermainkai, Frankfurt.
In translation the description reads:
87 Ditto (i.e. an oval box), ground blue marbled, the lid with polychrome enamel in a border of brilliants. Interior with monogram; interlaced double-L with crown in brilliants. 8 cm long, 6 cm wide.

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Lot Essay

For another box from the The Lord Rothschild Collection sale and a note on the Rothschild family collection of gold boxes see lot 210.
We are grateful to the Rothschild Archive for allowing access to the Untermainkai inventory.

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