AN ENAMELLED GOLD SNUFF-BOX SET WITH A MINIATURE

PROBABLY HANAU, CIRCA 1840

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AN ENAMELLED GOLD SNUFF-BOX SET WITH A MINIATURE
probably Hanau, circa 1840
Cartouche-shaped box, the cover, baluster sides and base decorated with scrolls, foliage and flowers in translucent dark blue champlevé enamel on a gold ground, the cover centred with a circular glazed portrait miniature painted en grisaille depicting the profile head of a young lady with her hair tied back
90 mm. (3.1/2 in.) wide

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