Lot #86 - A German Gold And Enamel Snuff Box, Les Freres Toussaint, Hanau, Circa 1790
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Auction House:Sotheby's Australia
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Sale Name:Fine Asian, Australian & European Arts & Design
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Sale Date:15 Apr 2014 ~ 6pm
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Lot #:86
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Lot Description:A German Gold And Enamel Snuff Box, Les Freres Toussaint, Hanau, Circa 1790
the oval gold box enamelled in a translucent royal blue to a sunray guilloche ground, the cover featuring three gold peacock feathers with floral sprigs and tied with a ribbon, within a laurel wreath repeated to base. Finely enamelled and gilded interlacing foliate borders throughout, cased in a contemporary shagreen box with a crest to inside cover and stamped 'PORT(AL) REVELSKOI'
8.2 cm wide -
Provenance:Christie's, Geneva, 15 November 1988, lot 218, illustrated
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Estimate:A$10,000 - 15,000
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Realised Price:
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Category:Precious Objects
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