A GERMAN ENAMELLED GOLD BONBONNIÈRE
A GERMAN ENAMELLED GOLD BONBONNIÈRE

MAKER'S MARK E F CROWNED, PROBABLY HANAU, CIRCA 1785, STRUCK WITH TWO FRENCH POST-1838 IMPORT MARKS FOR GOLD

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A GERMAN ENAMELLED GOLD BONBONNIÈRE
MAKER'S MARK E F CROWNED, PROBABLY HANAU, CIRCA 1785, STRUCK WITH TWO FRENCH POST-1838 IMPORT MARKS FOR GOLD
circular box, the cover, sides and base each set with an enamelled miniature depicting various hunting and shooting scenes, the cover with a stag-hunt, the base a hawking party, within sky-blue taille d’épargne frames and sablé gold borders set with white and turquoise enamel beads between translucent red and green enamel foliage and flowers, chased sablé vase pilasters
3 in. (75 mm.) diam.

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