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Property from T.R.H. The Dukes of Gloucester
A CONTINENTAL SILVER AND SILVER-GILT SNUFF-BOX
CIRCA 1740
Details
A CONTINENTAL SILVER AND SILVER-GILT SNUFF-BOX
CIRCA 1740
Cartouche-shaped box, the sides and base of polished silver, the cover set with a boldly chased plaque depicting a scene from the classics of figures in a wooded landscape, within scrolls and foliage on a silver-gilt sablé ground, gilt interior
2 7/8 in. (73 mm.) wide
2¼ oz. (70 gr.)
With an accompanying typed note in the cover which reads 'Napoleon Bonaparte / gave this snuff-box to / Marshal Bernadotte / who became King Charles XIV / of Sweden. / Charles XIV presented it / to my grandfather / Baron Gerhard Knut Falkenberg / of Trystorp, Sweden. / signed James Mackenzie'
CIRCA 1740
Cartouche-shaped box, the sides and base of polished silver, the cover set with a boldly chased plaque depicting a scene from the classics of figures in a wooded landscape, within scrolls and foliage on a silver-gilt sablé ground, gilt interior
2 7/8 in. (73 mm.) wide
2¼ oz. (70 gr.)
With an accompanying typed note in the cover which reads 'Napoleon Bonaparte / gave this snuff-box to / Marshal Bernadotte / who became King Charles XIV / of Sweden. / Charles XIV presented it / to my grandfather / Baron Gerhard Knut Falkenberg / of Trystorp, Sweden. / signed James Mackenzie'
Provenance
By tradition presented by Emepror Napoleaon I (1769-1821) to,
Marshall Bernadotte, later King Charles XIV of Sweden (1818-1844), presented by him to,
Baron Gerhard Knut Falkenberg (1819-1873), by descent to his daughter,
Jeannette Sophia (1845-1922), wife of Major Colin Mackenzie (1843-1890).
Marshall Bernadotte, later King Charles XIV of Sweden (1818-1844), presented by him to,
Baron Gerhard Knut Falkenberg (1819-1873), by descent to his daughter,
Jeannette Sophia (1845-1922), wife of Major Colin Mackenzie (1843-1890).
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Adrian Hume Sayer