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HANAU, CIRCA 1820
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A GERMAN ENAMELLED GOLD SNUFF-BOX
HANAU, CIRCA 1820
rectangular box of sablé gold with rounded corners, the cover applied with slightly raised scrolling gold foliage, the sides and base set with panels of geometric patterned engine-turning and set at intervals with turquoise coloured enamel beads and scrolling foliage with polished gold and dark-blue enamel borders, the cover set with a rectangular enamelled plaque depicting the Madonna and Child within a dark-blue enamel frame
3 ½ in. (90 mm.) wide
HANAU, CIRCA 1820
rectangular box of sablé gold with rounded corners, the cover applied with slightly raised scrolling gold foliage, the sides and base set with panels of geometric patterned engine-turning and set at intervals with turquoise coloured enamel beads and scrolling foliage with polished gold and dark-blue enamel borders, the cover set with a rectangular enamelled plaque depicting the Madonna and Child within a dark-blue enamel frame
3 ½ in. (90 mm.) wide
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David McLachlan