Details
De forme octogonale, le couvercle serti d’un cristal de roche taillé d’un carcan de Cupidon encadré d’un filet émaillé noir et de diamants, les côtés émaillés en bleu, blanc et rouge d’une frise de rinceaux et sur chaque coin d’un vase, le fond ciselé d’une frise d’enroulements, poinçons sur la gorge : ville et orfèvre
L.: 2,8 cm. (118 in.)
Poids brut: 24 gr. (15 dwt.)
Provenance
Vente Christie's, Londres, 12 juillet 1995, lot 3.
FURTHER DETAILS
AN AUSTRIAN JEWELLED AND ENAMELLED GOLD PILL BOX
VIENNA, CIRCA 1870, MAKER'S MARK IS
Octagonal, the rock-crystal cover engraved with ribbon tied bow, quiver and arrows within a band of black enamel bordered by diamonds, the sides enamelled in white, blue and red with a wave ornament and engraved with urns on a white ground at the corners, the base engraved with a border of scrolling foliage, with diamond-set thumbpiece, marked on the flange: town and maker
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