Details
En agate tubulaire, la monture en or rose uni avec appuie-pouce en forme de guirlandes de laurier, poinçons sur la gorge: ville, lettre M sous une couronne, deux branches de laurier et décharge de prestige parisienne pour 1750-1756, avec étiquette d'origine écrite à l'encre 'Röhrenachat'
L.: 9,5 cm. (334 in.)
Poids brut: 160 gr. (5 oz. 3 dwt.)
Provenance
Property of a Princely House; Sotheby's, Munich, 9 décembre 1999, lot 77.
FURTHER DETAILS
A GERMAN GOLD-MOUNTED HARDSTONE SNUFF-BOX
HANAU, EARLY 19TH CENTURY
Oval formed of tube agate, with plain rose gold mount applied with laurel swag thumbpiece, marked on flange: townmark M under a crown, a laurel wreath and spurious decharge mark for Paris 1750-1756; with contemporary hand-written label 'Röhrenachat'
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