• Centuries of Style: Silver, Eu auction at Christies

    Sale 10398

    Centuries of Style: Silver, European Ceramics, Portrait Miniatures and Gold Boxes

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    1 - 2 December 2015

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    • A GERMAN JEWELLED AND ENAMELLE
    Lot 260

    A GERMAN JEWELLED AND ENAMELLED VARI-COLOUR GOLD SNUFF-BOX

    BY DANIEL MARCHAND (FL. 1733-1794), MARKED, HANAU, CIRCA 1780

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    GBP 9,375

    Estimate

    GBP 8,000 - GBP 12,000

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    A GERMAN JEWELLED AND ENAMELLED VARI-COLOUR GOLD SNUFF-BOX
    BY DANIEL MARCHAND (FL. 1733-1794), MARKED, HANAU, CIRCA 1780
    oval box, the cover, sides and base set with panels of dark-blue enamel over a peak-pattern engine-turned ground, the cover centred with an oval enamel portrait miniature of a gentleman in a blue coat and white cravat within a diamond-set frame, vari-colour entrelac outer borders, the four side pilasters chased with swags on a sablé gold ground, the base centred with a gold rosette
    3 5/8 in. (85 mm.) wide

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