18CT GOLD AND ENAMEL SNUFF BOX
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
early 19th Century
A 19TH CENTURY 18CT GOLD AND ENAMEL SNUFF BOX AFTER RAPHAEL, HANAU, C. 1810 Antique early 19th Century German 18 carat gold and enamel snuff box, of rectangular form with rounded corners, featuring a hinged cover framed by chased foliate borders on a deep blue guilloché enamel ground.
On the lid, applied a gold framed enamelled plaque depicting Raphael's Sistine cherubs, the sides decorated with foliate corners, with navette-shaped engine-turned medallions overlaid with the same rich blue enamel. Hallarked with the maker’s mark GT, and struck with three pseudo-hallmarks typical of Hanau: two seashells, a heraldic lion, and a radiating sunburst. The number 436, stamped on the inner lid, likely served as a workshop inventory or pattern reference.
Height: 2cm // 0.8 inches Width: 7cm // 2.8 inches Depth: 6cm // 2.4 inches Weight: 104.8 grams // 3.37 ozt
Evidence at a glance
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Physical characteristics
- Material (listing wording)
- 18 carat gold and enamel
- Dimensions or weight (listing wording)
- Height: 2cm // 0.8 inches Width: 7cm // 2.8 inches Depth: 6cm // 2.4 inches Weight: 104.8 grams // 3.37 ozt
Identification
- Source note
- Auction-house description published on Invaluable. Attribution and measurements are the auction house’s statements about the photographed example; independent type authentication remains research required.
- Listing object ID
- 198002319
Catalogue references
No catalogue numbers recorded. Numbers are only published once transcribed from a verified edition of a standard catalogue — they are never inferred.
Research required
- Independent confirmation of type attribution and auction-house statements remains research required.