Details
In the French Gothic revival style, rectangular box with bombé sides, the cover divided by white enamelled Gothic towers, the compartments in the centre and at the outsides inset with a rectangular gold plaque with arched top boldly chased with trophies of War on a frosted ground, flanking two taille d'épargne gold trees on black enamel grounds, the base centred by a rectangular reserve depicting gold zig-zags on a black enamelled ground, within a gold border, framed by a white wavy bank, the convex sides with taille d'épargne stylised acanthus leaves on a black enamel ground, slightly raised gold thumbpiece, marked on flange: 3rd standard, guarantee, maker and later control marks
278 in. (7,4 cm.) long
gross weight 3 oz. 8 dwt. (107 gr.)
Provenance
Christie's, Geneva, 19 November 1996, lot 232.
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Lot Essay

French gold snuff-boxes "à la Cathédrale" are rare, and a similar specimen is illustrated in A. K. Snowman, Eighteenth-Century Gold Boxes of Europe, London, 1966, colour pl. 425 and 426.

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