A GERMAN ENAMELLED GOLD SNUFF-BOX

BY LES FRÈRES TOUSSAINT (FL. 1752-1803), MARKED, HANAU, CIRCA 1790, STRUCK WITH THE HANAU TOWN MARK FOR 19 CARAT GOLD

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A GERMAN ENAMELLED GOLD SNUFF-BOX
BY LES FRÈRES TOUSSAINT (FL. 1752-1803), MARKED, HANAU, CIRCA 1790, STRUCK WITH THE HANAU TOWN MARK FOR 19 CARAT GOLD
oval box, the cover, sides and base set with panels of dark-blue enamel over a coin-pattern engine-turned ground, within white enamel fillets and taille d’épargne foliate outer borders
3 ½ in. (90 mm.) wide

Provenance

with Collezione S. Bulgari, Rome.

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Lot Essay

Charles (1720-1790) and his brother Pierre-Etienne Toussaint (1726-1806) were Berlin bijoutiers of Huguenot descent who arrived in Hanau in 1752. Such was their influence amongst the Hanau goldsmiths that by 1762 they were employing several German craftsmen and chasers.

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