A German vari-coloured gold snuff box, maker's mark indistinct, probably Les Freres Toussaint, Hanau, mid 18th century

Estimate $10,000 – $15,000

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rectangular, engine turned with fine reeding to body, the cover and base with central chased and engraved cartouche, the cover featuring a young man in landscape harvesting with a sickle, the base with a young man with a sythe, suspended from softly draped swags, the sides chased and engraved with agricultural implements and sheaths of wheat, wheat-ear borders with scrolls and ribbon ties
8.3 cm wide, 160 gms

Lot Sold $17,000 (Hammer Price)
$20,740 (Hammer Price with Buyer's Premium)

Provenance

Christie's, Geneva, 12 May 1987, lot 303, illustrated

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Fine Asian, Australian & European Arts & Design

AU0786 | 15 Apr 2014 | Sydney
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