2315700

Continental Gold and Enamel Snuff Box #2315700

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Continental Gold and Enamel Snuff Box #2315700
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Wonderful, minute item yet highly important. Clearly a master of the enamel.</em></td>
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We offer a gold and enamel exquisite snuff box. Clearly continental, we speculate that it is either French or Austrian and date it to around 1820.
It is not marked but it tests 18 kt or more. The top is decorated with a servant preparing a bath for her mistress.
The piece is a beautifully decorated to the top with spiraling enamels around the enamel insert. There are other designs that are not enamel but cut into the gold to the front, sides and rear.
This item was acquired from a relative of the Russian Romanov dynasty who immigrated to Canada many years ago.
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<tr><td>Condition:Excellent</td></tr>
<tr><td>Year:c.1820</td></tr>
<tr><td>Country:French or Austrian</td></tr>
<tr><td>Maker:Unknown</td></tr>
<tr><td>Height:0.5</td></tr>
<tr><td>Depth:0.75</td></tr>
<tr><td>Width:1.0</td></tr>

<tr><td>Title:Continental Gold and Enamel Snuff Box</td></tr>

<tr><td>Materials:18kt gold, enamel</td></tr>

<tr><td>Location:Ottawa, Canada</td></tr>
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