Lot 120
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AN AUSTRIAN JEWELLED VARI-COLOUR GOLD PRESENTATION SNUFF-BOX
PROPERTY FROM A EUROPEAN COLLECTION (LOTS 117 - 141)
AN AUSTRIAN JEWELLED VARI-COLOUR GOLD PRESENTATION SNUFF-BOX

PROBABLY VIENNA, CIRCA 1850, THE FLANGE STAMPED 303 AND STRUCK WITH A FRENCH EXPORT MARK

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AN AUSTRIAN JEWELLED VARI-COLOUR GOLD PRESENTATION SNUFF-BOX
PROBABLY VIENNA, CIRCA 1850, THE FLANGE STAMPED 303 AND STRUCK WITH A FRENCH EXPORT MARK
shaped rectangular box, set with engine-turned panels stamped with flowerheads, with raised vari-colour gold foliate sablé borders set with diamonds, the cover centred with an enamel portrait miniature of Franz Joseph I of Austria (1830-1916), in a diamond-set frame
3¼ in. (85 mm.) wide

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Franz Joseph was Emperor of Austria, King of Hungary, and monarch of other states in the Austro-Hungarian Empire, from 1848 to his death. From 1850 to 1866 he was also President of the German Confederation. He was the longest-reigning Emperor of Austria and King of Hungary when he died on 21 November 1916, after ruling his domains for almost 68 years.

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