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Recreations & Pursuits — Sotheby's Australia

$10,800
A German Jewelled Two Colour Gold Portrait Snuff Box, Charles Co…
$9,600
A Swiss Navette Shaped Gold And Enamel Snuff Box, Circa 1780 app…
$8,400
A French Louis XV1 Oval Tri-Colour Gold Snuff Box, Nicolas Margu…
$7,800
A Swiss Rectangular Two-Colour Gold Snuff Box, Probably Geneva, …








Auction House: Sotheby's Australia
Number of lots recorded: 39
Lots with images: 39
Prices available: 39
Category: Recreations & Pursuits




Lot Description Price Image
*** 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 'Charles' Sotheby's Geneva, 15 May 1986, lot 91 ***
*** 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 16 November 1983, lot 94 ***
*** 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 panels Christie's Geneva 14 May 1986, lot 546 ***
*** 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, multiple raised and bright-cut borders and foliate base Christie's Geneva 15 November 1983, Lot 406 ***
*** 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 borders and sides chased with scolling foliage on granulated matt ground, the underside engine turned panel with a later applied scrolling initial pink gold 'N' Sotheby's Geneva 11 May 1983, lot 191 ***
*** 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 Geneva 11 May 1989, lot 78 ***
*** 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 ***
*** An Australian Silver Cigar Box, Levinson, Perth, the plain rectangular box engraved with a bridled horse "Artilleryman", with an inscription to lower right corner 'To Sir S.H from G.Aw, 16 cm wide, 12 cm deep, 11 cm high ***
*** A Victorian coromondel games compendium by Toulmin and Gale, London, with carved ivory chess pieces, draughts, dominoes and cribbage, with two trays and folding leather gaMing board, registration stamp mark 29/8/1869, 32 cm wide, 21.5 cm deep, 17.5 cm high ***
*** 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 1984, lot 398 ***
*** 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 Sotheby's Geneva 14 November 1985, lot 430 ***
*** 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 1984, lot 421 ***
*** 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 with foliate borders Christie's Geneva 15 November 1983, lot 449 ***
*** A Gold And Agate Etui, 19th Century 10 cm high the hinged top with applied frieze depicting a small reclining putti nestled amongst foliate border, opening to reveal a collection of small implements, the shaped mottled agate body with applied gilding to base ***

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