Details
Rectangulaire à pans coupés formée de hornblende, la monture en or rose avec appuie-pouce en demi-lune, poinçon sur la gorge: quatre fois; avec deux étiquettes d'origine 'Hornblende in Kieselbreäie [sic]' et No 153'
L.: 10 cm. (378 in.)
Poids brut: 172 gr. (5 oz. 10 dwt.)
Provenance
Property of a Princely House, Sotheby's Munich, 8-9 décembre 1999, lot 517.
FURTHER DETAILS
A GERMAN GOLD-MOUNTED HARDSTONE SNUFF-BOX
PROBABLY HANAU, CIRCA 1820
Rectangular with cut corners, formed of hornblende, the plain rose gold mount with half-crescent thumbpiece, marked on flange four times with the same unidentified mark; with contemporary hand-written labels 'Hornblende in Kieselbreaie [sic]' and 'No 153'
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