A German gold and enamel snuff box, Les Freres Toussaint, Hanau, circa 1790
Estimate $10,000 – $15,000
the oval gold box enamelled in a translucent royal blue to a sunray guilloche ground, the cover featuring three gold peacock feathers with floral sprigs and tied with a ribbon, within a laurel wreath repeated to base. Finely enamelled and gilded interlacing foliate borders throughout, cased in a contemporary shagreen box with a crest to inside cover and stamped 'PORT(AL) REVELSKOI'
8.2 cm wide
- Lot Sold $20,000 (Hammer Price)
- $24,400 (Hammer Price with Buyer's Premium)
Provenance
Christie's, Geneva, 15 November 1988, lot 218, illustrated
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