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Early 19th Century curved snuff box

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Ref: 4835

Early 19th Century curved snuff box

€8500

Era: Restauration, 1820.
Materials: gold.
Dim: W 7,5 cm/ D 4,5 cm/ H 1,5 cm.
Weight: 76 g.
Rooster head 1809-1819.
Successive checks: horse head and eagle head.
Goldsmith: D.G

 

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A rectangular snuff box with rounded corners. The box is lightly curved, allowing it to fit comfortably into a pocket. The box is entirely covered with intricately sculpted geometric patterns. Each panel of the box is framed in a frieze of rinceau on a matte gold background. The body and the sides of the box continues the geometric motif. The box has an initial finely engraved in an oval medallion.
 

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Early 19th Century curved snuff box

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