A GERMAN ENAMELLED GOLD SNUFF-BOX
THE PROPERTY OF A GENTLEMAN (LOTS 3727-3733)
A GERMAN ENAMELLED GOLD SNUFF-BOX

BY FRÈRES JORDAN (FL. 1790-1820), MARKED, HANAU, CIRCA 1800, THE FLANGE STAMPED WITH INVENTORY NUMBER 4213, LATER STAMPED WITH TWO FRENCH IMPORT MARKS FOR GOLD 1864-1893

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A GERMAN ENAMELLED GOLD SNUFF-BOX
BY FRÈRES JORDAN (FL. 1790-1820), MARKED, HANAU, CIRCA 1800, THE FLANGE STAMPED WITH INVENTORY NUMBER 4213, LATER STAMPED WITH TWO FRENCH IMPORT MARKS FOR GOLD 1864-1893
rectangular box with canted corners, the sides and base set with panels with alternating stripes of sky-blue and white enamel on a polished gold ground, the cover centred with an oval enamel miniature depicting a lady with a child seated on her lap and feeding a playful spaniel within a wooded landscape, with sky-blue and white enamel flower-heads and diaper-work surround
3¼ in. (82 mm.) wide

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