A German gold and enamel snuff box, maker's mark a crowned 'J', French prestige marks
Estimate $5,000 – $7,000
the rectangular box with canted corners, engine-turned body, the enamelled lid depicting a uniformed gentleman on horseback accompanied by his dog beside an estuary within a landscape finely enamelled borders
7.7 cm wide
- Lot Sold $15,000 (Hammer Price)
- $18,300 (Hammer Price with Buyer's Premium)
Provenance
Christies, Geneva, 17 November 1993, lot 7, illustrated
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