.jpg?w=1)
THE PROPERTY OF A GENTLEMAN
A FRENCH ENAMELLED GOLD SNUFF-BOX
MAKER'S MARK INDISTINCT, PARIS, WITH THE PARISIAN POST-1838 THIRD STANDARD MARK FOR GOLD
Details
A FRENCH ENAMELLED GOLD SNUFF-BOX
MAKER'S MARK INDISTINCT, PARIS, WITH THE PARISIAN POST-1838 THIRD STANDARD MARK FOR GOLD
rectangular box with rounded corners and convex sides, the cover, sides and base set with panels of translucent yellow enamel on an engine-turned moire ground within polished gold borders, the cover set with a trailing floral garland of brightly coloured flowers and foliage entwined around a translucent blue enamel cartouche frame with gold rosettes at each corner, slightly raised enamel thumbpiece, in black leather case
3½ in. (90 mm.) wide
MAKER'S MARK INDISTINCT, PARIS, WITH THE PARISIAN POST-1838 THIRD STANDARD MARK FOR GOLD
rectangular box with rounded corners and convex sides, the cover, sides and base set with panels of translucent yellow enamel on an engine-turned moire ground within polished gold borders, the cover set with a trailing floral garland of brightly coloured flowers and foliage entwined around a translucent blue enamel cartouche frame with gold rosettes at each corner, slightly raised enamel thumbpiece, in black leather case
3½ in. (90 mm.) wide
Brought to you by
David McLachlan