A GERMAN ENAMELLED GOLD SNUFF-BOX SET WITH A MINIATURE
THE PROPERTY OF A GENTLEMAN (LOTS 203-205)
A GERMAN ENAMELLED GOLD SNUFF-BOX SET WITH A MINIATURE

MAKER'S MARK FC, PROBABLY HANAU, WITH MARKS RESEMBLING THE PARISIAN DATE LETTER FOR 1762 AND THE CHARGE MARK OF JULIEN ALATERRE 1768-1774, THE MINIATURE BLARENBERGHE SCHOOL

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A GERMAN ENAMELLED GOLD SNUFF-BOX SET WITH A MINIATURE
MAKER'S MARK FC, PROBABLY HANAU, WITH MARKS RESEMBLING THE PARISIAN DATE LETTER FOR 1762 AND THE CHARGE MARK OF JULIEN ALATERRE 1768-1774, THE MINIATURE BLARENBERGHE SCHOOL
oval box, the sides and base set with panels of French-blue enamel on an engine-turned ground within vari-colour entrelac and sablé gold borders, the cover set with a painted miniature depicting the Siege of Mons, the flange engraved ' Siege de Mons Renou le 10 Juillet 1746'
3 1/8 in. (80 mm.) wide

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