Details
Rectangulaire, de section octogonale à décor guilloché de bandes ondulantes encadrées de bandes filetées et torsadées, le couvercle centré d’un panneau rectangulaire figurant une caryatide flanquée de deux rinceaux terminés par un aigle aux ailes déployées, poinçons dans le couvercle et le fond : orfèvre, titre 14 carat; sur la gorge: poinçon de contrôle autrichien en usage en 1806-1807
L.: 8 cm. (318 in.)
72 gr. (2 oz. 6 dwt.)
Provenance
Vente Christie's, Londres, 11 juillet 1990, lot 3.
FURTHER DETAILS
A CONTINENTAL GOLD SNUFF-BOX
POSSIBLY AUSTRIA, CIRCA 1805, WITH MAKER'S MARK MM CONJOINED
Rectangular of octagonal section, the cover chased and engraved with female winged demi-figure between eagles amidst foliate scrolls and garlands bordered by panels of engine-turning, with stylised bud at each corner, marked in cover and base: maker and 14 carat; on flange: Austro-Hungarian control mark for 1806-1807
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