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Snuff — Recreations & Pursuits - Sotheby's
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| Sotheby's | |
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| Number of lots recorded: | 43 |
| Lots with images: | 43 |
| Prices available: | 43 |
Category:
Snuff
| Lot | Description | Price | Image |
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| *** | A German gold and enamel snuff box, Les Freres Toussaint, Hanau, circa 1790, 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,… | *** |  |
| *** | A George IV gold snuff box, Alexander James Strachan, London 1824, the oblong gold box with engine-turned cover, sides and base within plain wide reeded borders, 9.5 cm long, 200 gms | *** |  |
| *** | A German vari-coloured gold snuff box, maker's mark indistinct, probably Les Freres Toussaint, Hanau, mid 18th century, rectangular, engine turned with fine reeding to body, the cover and base with central chased and engraved cartouche, the cover… | *** |  |
| *** | A German gold and enamel snuff box, maker's mark a crowned 'J', French prestige marks, 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… | *** |  |
| *** | A rectangular Russian three-colour gold snuff box, Johann Wilhelm Keibel, 1788-1862, circa 1830, the lid chased with foliate and geometric motifs in diamond shape formation, foliate corner spandrels within a fine foliate line border, the scrolling red and… | *** |  |
| *** | A German four-colour gold snuff box, Hanau, late 18th century, oval, the surface finely reeded within coloured gold interlacing foliate borders, the side panels alternating with trailing roses, the centre of the cover engraved with later crests, the… | *** |  |
| *** | A gold snuff box, Bautte & Moulinie, Geneva 1815 - 1881 of softly curved oblong form, the envelope lid chased with a symbol of Hope within an oval cartouche, the turned body with foliate borders and sides, makers mark 'M' in lozenge for Bautte and Moulime… | *** |  |
| *** | A Swiss three-colour snuff box, circa 1840 the oval lid with scalloped edge chased with symbols of the arts and Sciences within a surround of scrolling flowers and foliage, the sides and base similarly decorated 7. 8 cm wide. Provenance: Sotheby's Geneva,… | *** |  |
| *** | A German jewelled two colour gold portrait snuff box, Charles Collins And Sohne, Hanau, circa 1840 approximate weight 158gms, 9 cm long of shaped rectangular form, the lid inset with a later portrait miniature of a lady in 18th century dress signed… | *** |  |
| *** | A Swiss three-colour gold snuff box, late 18th century the circular lid chased with putti utilising the symbols of the Sciences with a globe, telescope and callipers, within multiple scalloped, leaf and floral borders, the base with rosette borders 61GMS,… | *** |  |
| *** | A Swiss Navette Shaped Gold And Enamel Snuff Box, Circa 1780 approximate weight 116gms, 8.5 cm long the guilloche panels within white enamel, gold bead and green enamel leaf borders, the sides with gold bead and green leaf enamel garlands Sotheby's Geneva… | *** |  |
| *** | An English 18ct gold snuff box, Alexander James Strachan, London 1805 of rounded rectangular form, chased overall to simulate basket weave with inset lid, hallmarked to interior base and marks to lid 93GMS, 8. 2 cm wide. Provenance: Sotheby's Geneva, 17… | *** |  |
| *** | A French Louis XV1 Oval Tri-Colour Gold Snuff Box, Nicolas Marguerit, Paris 1775-76 approximate weight 118gms, 8.8 cm long the lid with chased central cartouche, engine turned ground with chased laurel leaf and foliage borders, the sides with urns between… | *** |  |
| *** | A Swiss Rectangular Two-Colour Gold Snuff Box, Probably Geneva, Circa 1820 approximate weight 123gms, 7.6 cm long the cover chased with a young man on bended knee offering a young maiden a nest of young birds, cupid is seated on a branch of a nearby tree,… | *** |  |
| *** | A French rectangular gold snuff box, Arthur Goossens, Paris mid 19th century 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… | *** |  |
| *** | A French oval tri-colour gold snuff box, Paris, circa 1769/1770 the lid and underside having a chased foliate central cartouche within an engine turned ground with guilloche borders, the sides fluted with classical borders, makers marks, charge and… | *** |  |
| *** | An English 18ct gold snuff box, Joseph Willmore, London 1821 the rectangular box with waisted sides and engine turned decoration, the lid with a vacant cartouche to the centre and chased scrolling foliate borders, hallmarked to lid and base 6. 5 cm wide.… | *** |  |
| *** | A Swiss Rectangular Gold And Enamel Snuff Box, Probably Louis Galopin, Geneva, Early 19th century approximate weight 130gms, 8.5 cm long the engine turned lid with applied oval enamel panel depicting three cherubs looking at young birds in a nest, the… | *** |  |
| *** | An Oblong Two-Colour Gold Snuff Box, Late 18th century, Possibly Freres Toussant, Hanau approximate weight 107gms, 8.5 cm long the engine-turned ground within chased acanthus borders, the sides with classical swathes of husks between panels Sotheby's… | *** |  |
| *** | A Rectangular Swiss Four-Colour Gold Snuff Box, Probably Geneva, Circa 1820 approximate weight 90gms, 8.2 cm long the body with engine turned decoration bordered by trailing four-colour gold foliage in relief Christie;s Geneva 10th May 1983, lot 36 | *** |  |
| *** | A Rectangular Gold Snuff Box, Hanau, 19th century approximate weight 116gms, 8.5 cm long 14k gold, the sides with engine turned panels, with chased foliate borders to lid and base and similar thumbpiece Sotheby's Geneva 14 Nov 1985, lot 375 | *** |  |
| *** | A French Tri-Colour Gold Snuff Box, Paris, Early 19th century approximate weight 115gms, 9.2 cm long of rectangular form with cut-corners, decorated with guilloche panels within chased two-colour gold trailing foliate borders Sotheby's Geneva 14 November… | *** |  |
| *** | A Rectangular Gold Snuff Box, Early 19th century approximate weight 111gms, 8.2 cm long engraved with engine turned panels within borders of trailing foliate to matt granulated grounds Sotheby's Geneva 14 November 1984, lot 427 | *** |  |
| *** | A Swiss Rectangular Gold Snuff Box, Geneva, Mid 19th century approximate weight 88gms, 8 cm long the lid engraved and chased floral and leaf motifs within foliate chased border, the sides and base with engine turned panels with foliate chased borders… | *** |  |
| *** | A Rectangular Gold Snuff Box, Maker's Mark R & S, Probably German, Early 19th century approximate weight 93gms, 8.2 cm long the lid chased with scroll to a stippled matt ground, multiple borders and engine turned sides and base Sotheby's Geneva 17 May… | *** |  |
| *** | A 19th century Rectangular Gold Snuff Box approximate weight 104gms, 8.2 cm long the stippled matt cover with central inset medallion flanked by masonic emblems in high relief and a scrolling foliate border, the base and sides with engine-turned panels… | *** |  |
| *** | A French Gold Snuff Box, Louis Francois Tronquoy, Paris 1819-1838 approximate weight 40gm, 6.4 cm long rectangular form, the cover and base with guiloche panels and the bombe Christie's Geneva, 15 November 1983, lot 446 | *** |  |
| *** | A French Louis XVI Oval Tri-Colour Gold Snuff Box, Paris, 1785-86 approximate weight 58gms, 6 cm long with a flower studded engine-turned ground and borders of laurel and scrolls Christie's Geneva 12 May 1987, lot 332 | *** |  |
| *** | A German gold and enamel snuff box, Les Freres Toussaint, Hanau, prestige marks, circa 1780, slender oblong form, the sides and base enamelled in translucent sepia enamel featuring classical architecture in landscapes, within enamel berry and leaf borders… | *** |  |
| *** | A George I silver mounted tortoiseshell snuffbox, John Obrisset, circa 1715, the oval box inset with a moulded tortoiseshell plaque depicting Charles l, the silver box opening to reveal a miniature depicting a young woman, plaque signed 'OB' for John… | *** |  |
| *** | A collection of English and European silver snuff boxes and Vinaigrettes, 18th century and later, comprising a vinaigrette with a foiate border, Joseph Wilmore, Birmingham, circa 1806; a vinaigrette with fluted decoration, John Shaw, Birmingham, 1807; a… | *** |  |
| *** | A mercurial gilt Old Sheffield plate presentation table snuff box, of New South Wales interest, the rectangular cover finely cast and chased with a hunting scene, inscribed beneath the cover 'To / John Strange Chapman Esq. / XIth Regiment / from his… | *** |  |
| *** | Louis XV silver gilt snuff box, illegible maker's mark, Paris 1732, with the charge of Jacques Cattin and the discharge of Hubert Louvet, of cartouche shape, the cover chased with figurative scene amidst waterfalls in rocaille cartouche, the base with… | *** |  |
| *** | A Continental silver and enamel snuff box, circa 1910, rectangular, with concentric engine turned decoration, the lid centred by a cartouche decorated with an exotic bird amongst foliage, gilt wash interior, impressed marks 8 cm wide | *** |  |
| *** | A collection of five silver snuff boxes, comprising a lid with central applied bow and arrow motif, J.W Birmingham 1827; another with | *** |  |
| *** | A collection of five silver snuff boxes | *** |  |
| *** | A collection of five silver snuff boxes | *** |  |
| *** | A collection of five silver snuff boxes | *** |  |
| *** | A Continental silver and enamel snuff box, 19th century, rectangular, the lid inset with a miniature of a courting couple, the reserves decorated with clusters of flowers and rocaille scrollwork, impressed marks to the rim 8 cm wide | *** |  |
| *** | A Continental silver gilt and enamel snuff box, circa 1910, of rectangular form with cut corners, the cover decorated with a pendant branch and a spider in a spider web, impressed marks and sterling 7 cm wide | *** |  |
| *** | A Continental silver gilt and enamel snuff box, circa 1900, rectangular, with waved engine turned decoration, the cover with pierced foliate decorated corners 7 cm wide | *** |  |
| *** | A large silver table snuff box by A. L. Brunkhorst, Adelaide, rectangular with a raised edge, 106gms | *** |  |
| *** | A silver snuff box, inscribed 'Glebe Mine' by Edward Smith, 1856, the shaped oblong lid and cavity finely turned and decorated 92gms | *** |  |