A FRENCH RECTANGULAR GOLD SNUFF BOX, ARTHUR GOOSSENS, PARIS MID 19TH CENTURY

• Lot Sold $6,500 (Hammer Price)
• $7,800 (Hammer Price with Buyer's Premium)

the rectangular form with curved sides and bright-cut engraved scrolling foliage on an engine turned ground, the centre with applied rose-cut diamond initials, beneath the ducal coronet for Henri d'Orleans, Duc d'Aumale

8.5CM WIDE

PROVENANCE
Christie's Geneva 14 May 1985, lot 147
Private Collection, Sydney

CONDITION
Marks clear and leggible

Interior with only very minor surface scratching

Exterior decoration crisp and bright

Some very minor scratches to corners and time on base

 

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