Oval gold and enamel snuff box
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
vers 1770
Le couvercle centré d’un portrait présumé de Marie-Antoinette peint sur émail, dans un entourage de frises ornées de guirlandes de pastilles blanches, de baies rouges et de feuillages verts.
Le fond guilloché à décor de roses est recouvert d’émail bleu translucide. Les montants au décor en relief de rubans croisés de torchères et de flèches, séparés par des panneaux en émail bleu à décor de cannelures à baguettes fermées en émail blanc et des rosaces, 7,5x5,7 cm, brut 160g Oval gold and enamel snuff box, Paris, circa 1770. The engine-turned ground, decorated with a rose motif, is overlaid with translucent blue enamel.
The sides, cast in relief with crossed ribbons, flaming torches and arrows, are separated by blue enamel panels decorated with closed white enamel fluting and rosettes. 7.5x5.7 cm, gross 160g
Evidence at a glance
- Linked sources
- 1
- Photograph views
- 1
- Catalogue references
- 0
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Physical characteristics
- Material (listing wording)
- gold and enamel
- Dimensions or weight (listing wording)
- 7,5x5,7 cm
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
- 204451202
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.