A GERMAN ENAMELLED GOLD SNUFF-BOX

BY CHARLES COLLINS & SÖHNE, HANAU, CIRCA 1840

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A GERMAN ENAMELLED GOLD SNUFF-BOX
by Charles Collins & Söhne, Hanau, circa 1840
Rectangular box, the cover, four side panels and base engine-turned with diaper pattern framed by a white and a blue enamel band, the cover with four scrolling spandrels in the corners and centred by an oval enamel ovolo applied with diamond-set initials "DS.", the overlapping scrolling thumbpiece also enamelled in blue and white
67 mm. (2.5/8 in.) wide