Important Gold Boxes from a Private European Family Collection
A four-coloured gold and enamel presentation snuff box, Souchay & Colin, Hanau, circa 1810 and later
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May 16, 01:58 PM GMT
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8,000 - 12,000 CHF
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Description
rectangular with rounded corners, the lid later applied with an enamel plaque painted after François Boucher's Les Amans Surpris, in a chased acorn frame, surrounded by chased floral foliage on a sablé ground, the sides and base decorated with wavy gold paillons on a dark blue enamel ground, within opaque black enamel borders and a foliate tulip frame to base, the interior of the lid later engraved with a presentation inscription reading The Members / of the Court of Guardians/ LYNN / to J. P Blencowe Esq. / 1831, maker’s mark SC in a vertical lozenge,
9 cm; 3 ½ in. wide
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