Ovale, émaillée sur le couvercle et le fond d'une bande bleu ciel opaque centree de branches feuillagees emergeant de cornes d'abondance, encadrant un panneau guilloché repete sur les cotes, le couvercle centré d’une plaque en émail figurant Cupidon, poinçons dans le couvercle et le fond: maître-orfèvre et fleur; sur la gorge: Hanau, poinçon d'importation hollandais et poinçon français pour les objets fabriqués à l'étranger
L. 8,5 cm. (3³⁄₈ in.)
poids brut 88 gr. (2 oz. 16 dwt.)

A GERMAN ENAMELLED GOLD SNUFF-BOX, MARK OF THE SOUCHAY FAMILY, HANAU, CIRCA 1790-1800
Oval, decorated with engine-turned thread panels framed by blue thin band, the cover chased with a friese of scrolling foliate branches emerging from cornucopia enamelled in sky blue and centred by an enamelled medallion depicting a cupid with a two doves on column in the background, marked in cover and base: make and flowerhead; on flange: Hanau, Dutch import mark and French control mark for foreign objects

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