BY LES FRÈRES SOUCHAY, MARKED, HANAU, CIRCA 1780, STRUCK WITH THE HANAU TOWN MARK FOR NINETEEN CARAT GOLD, A CROWNED LETTER K AND A MARK RESEMBLING THE CHARGE MARK OF JULIEN ALATERRE

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A GERMAN ENAMELLED GOLD SNUFF-BOX
BY LES FRÈRES SOUCHAY, MARKED, HANAU, CIRCA 1780, STRUCK WITH THE HANAU TOWN MARK FOR NINETEEN CARAT GOLD, A CROWNED LETTER K AND A MARK RESEMBLING THE CHARGE MARK OF JULIEN ALATERRE
oval box, the cover, sides and base set with panels of translucent gold coloured enamel on an engine-turned ground with white enamel fillets, within sablé gold borders set with slightly raised chased green enamel foliage and red enamel flower-heads and similar side pilasters
3¼ in. (82 mm.) wide

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Lot Essay

The brothers Esay (1723-1791) and Marc André Souchay (1730-1811) came from one of Hanau's Huguenot families of bijoutiers, French speaking Huguenot jewellers who had been attracted to Hanau by the privileges and financial incentives extended by Prince Regent William (1682-1760), later Landgrave William VIII (1730-1760), to anyone who was willing to set up in business in Hanau. Within a very short period of time, Hanau developed into an important center for luxury goods with some thirty-two bijoutiers involved in the production of gold boxes.

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