Lot Essay
Esaias Obicker was originally in business with the Souchay brothers in Hanau but worked independently after 1762. For another box by this goldsmith see lot 179.
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BY ESAIAS OBICKER, (1733-1802), MARKED, HANAU, CIRCA 1770, WITH THE HANAU TOWN MARK FOR EIGHTEEN CARAT GOLD
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A GERMAN VARI-COLOUR GOLD SNUFF-BOX
BY ESAIAS OBICKER, (1733-1802), MARKED, HANAU, CIRCA 1770, WITH THE HANAU TOWN MARK FOR EIGHTEEN CARAT GOLD
oval box, the cover, sides and base set with panels of coin-pattern engine-turning stamped at intervals with pellets, within vari-colour gold rope-twist sablé borders set with flower-heads and foliage
2¾ in. (70 mm.) wide
2¼ oz. (70 gr.)
BY ESAIAS OBICKER, (1733-1802), MARKED, HANAU, CIRCA 1770, WITH THE HANAU TOWN MARK FOR EIGHTEEN CARAT GOLD
oval box, the cover, sides and base set with panels of coin-pattern engine-turning stamped at intervals with pellets, within vari-colour gold rope-twist sablé borders set with flower-heads and foliage
2¾ in. (70 mm.) wide
2¼ oz. (70 gr.)
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