A SWISS OR GERMAN ENAMELLED GOLD SNUFF-BOX
A SWISS OR GERMAN ENAMELLED GOLD SNUFF-BOX

MAKER'S MARK I G WITH CROWN ABOVE, GENEVA OR HANAU, CIRCA 1790

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A SWISS OR GERMAN ENAMELLED GOLD SNUFF-BOX
MAKER'S MARK I G WITH CROWN ABOVE, GENEVA OR HANAU, CIRCA 1790
rectangular box with canted corners, the cover, sides and base with black enamel silhouettes depicting a carriage drive, a shooting party and hunting scenes on a white enamel ground, within sky-blue and gold taille d’épargne enamel foliate borders, the interior of the cover engraved with an inscription
2 in. (64 mm.) wide
The inscription reads ' A keepsake of N.M. Lord Rothschild / who died March 31. 1915' below inter-twined initials

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