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THE COUNT AGUSTA COLLECTION OF GOLD BOXES (LOTS 14-54)Agusta was originally an Italian aeronautics manufacturer based in Samarate, Northern Italy. The company was founded by Count Giovanni Agusta in 1923, who flew his first airplane in 1907. When he died in 1927, the company passed into the hands of his widow Giuseppina and son Domenico. Count Domenico Agusta was forced to seek an alternative means of utilising his family’s aero engine factory at Gallarate. Forbidden to manufacture aircraft engines following Italy’s defeat in WW2, the Count turned to motorcycle production. Arguably the greatest team in Grand Prix racing history, MV Agusta won everything that was worth winning at world level from the early 1950s to the late 1960s. MV went on to win no fewer than 37 World Championships between 1952 and 1974.
A GERMAN ENAMELLED GOLD SNUFF-BOX
BY CHARLES COLINS SONS (FL. 1837 - AFTER 1870), MARKED, HANAU, CIRCA 1840
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A GERMAN ENAMELLED GOLD SNUFF-BOX
BY CHARLES COLINS SONS (FL. 1837 - AFTER 1870), MARKED, HANAU, CIRCA 1840
cartouche-shaped with canted corners, the cover with pierced gold scroll cagework on a dark blue enamel ground, the sides and base set with shaped dark blue taille d’épargne enamel cartouches and chased strapwork
3½ in. (90 mm.) wide
BY CHARLES COLINS SONS (FL. 1837 - AFTER 1870), MARKED, HANAU, CIRCA 1840
cartouche-shaped with canted corners, the cover with pierced gold scroll cagework on a dark blue enamel ground, the sides and base set with shaped dark blue taille d’épargne enamel cartouches and chased strapwork
3½ in. (90 mm.) wide
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