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A German gold and enamel snuff box, Les Freres Toussaint, Hanau,…
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Auction Location:
Sydney
Date:
15-Apr-2014
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Description:
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, within a laurel wreath repeated to base. Finely enamelled and gilded interlacing foliate borders throughout, cased in a contemporary shagreen box with a crest to inside cover and stamped 'Port(Al) Revelskoi', 8.2 cm wide
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Category:
Recreations & Pursuits: Snuff