A GERMAN JEWELLED GOLD-MOUNTED HARDSTONE SNUFF-BOX

PROBABLY DRESDEN, CIRCA 1750, STRUCK WITH A DUTCH IMPORT MARK FOR 1814-1831

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A GERMAN JEWELLED GOLD-MOUNTED HARDSTONE SNUFF-BOX
PROBABLY DRESDEN, CIRCA 1750, STRUCK WITH A DUTCH IMPORT MARK FOR 1814-1831
cartouche-shaped bloodstone box mounted à jour within reeded gold mounts, the bloodstone carved with shells, foliate scrolls and strapwork, the cover set with a silver and gold-mounted diamond-set vase of flowers, diamond-set scroll and floral thumbpiece, the flange later engraved 'Henry 8th Duke', almost certainly for Henry Charles Fitzroy Somerset, 8th Duke of Beaufort (1824-1899)
2 5/8 in. (65 mm.) wide

Provenance

Christie's, London, 14 October 1992, lot 122.
with J. Kugel, Paris.

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Lot Essay

The gothic engraving on the flange 'Henry 8th Duke' appears on a number of gold boxes sold in these rooms and previously in the collection of the Dukes of Beaufort. See Christie's, London, 22 November 1999, lot 183.

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