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PROBABLY BY FRÈRES JORDAN (FL. 1790-1820), MARKED, BERLIN, CIRCA 1800, THE FLANGE STAMPED WITH INVENTORY NUMBER 572A
Details
A GERMAN ENAMELLED GOLD SNUFF-BOX
PROBABLY BY FRÈRES JORDAN (FL. 1790-1820), MARKED, BERLIN, CIRCA 1800, THE FLANGE STAMPED WITH INVENTORY NUMBER 572A
rectangular box with canted corners, the cover, sides and base set with panels of polished gold, highlighted at intervals with opaque blue, white and black enamel crosses within dark-blue taille d’épargne enamel scroll borders, the cover centred with an enamel miniature depicting a mountainous riverside scene, with a group of musicians in the foreground and a castle beyond
3¼ in. (84 mm.) wide
PROBABLY BY FRÈRES JORDAN (FL. 1790-1820), MARKED, BERLIN, CIRCA 1800, THE FLANGE STAMPED WITH INVENTORY NUMBER 572A
rectangular box with canted corners, the cover, sides and base set with panels of polished gold, highlighted at intervals with opaque blue, white and black enamel crosses within dark-blue taille d’épargne enamel scroll borders, the cover centred with an enamel miniature depicting a mountainous riverside scene, with a group of musicians in the foreground and a castle beyond
3¼ in. (84 mm.) wide
Provenance
Christie's, Geneva, 19 November 1980, lot 285.
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