Oval engine-turned gold and enamel snuff box
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
19th century
Tabatière ovale en or guilloché et émail, XIXe s., dans le goût du XVIIIe s., probablement Hanau. Le couvercle centré d’une miniature ovale peinte sur émail figurant un pêcheur et une pêcheuse au bord de la mer, dans un entourage à décor perlé blanc, agrémenté de frises et de guirlandes émaillées rouge et vert.
Les côtés ornés de réserves guillochées recouvertes d’émail bleu translucide, 7x5,3 cm, brut 107g dégâts à l'émail Oval engine-turned gold and enamel snuff box, 19th century, in the 18th-century taste, probably Hanau. The lid is centred with an oval enamel miniature depicting a fisherman and fisherwoman by the sea, within a surround of white beaded decoration, enriched with red and green enamelled friezes and garlands.
The sides are ornamented with engine-turned reserves overlaid with translucent blue enamel. 7x5.3 cm, gross 107g
Evidence at a glance
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- 1
- Catalogue references
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Physical characteristics
- Material (listing wording)
- gold and enamel
- Dimensions or weight (listing wording)
- 7x5,3 cm, brut 107g
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
- 204451206
Catalogue references
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Research required
- Independent confirmation of type attribution and auction-house statements remains research required.