Gold Boxes, Ceramics & Silver
Gold Boxes, Ceramics & Silver
Lot Closed
May 26, 12:47 PM GMT
Estimate
4,000 - 6,000 GBP
Lot Details
Description
A gold and enamel snuff box
Hanau, circa 1795
rectangular with cut corners, the lid painted with strolling figures around a lake by a watermill, the turquoise sky centred with an oval panel, en grisaille, with 'the birth of Shakespeare', after Angelica Kauffmann, the seated figure of Fantasy nursing the infant Shakespeare, masks representing Comedy and Tragedy to one side, the sides and base with opaque blue enamel bordered by gold paillon ribbons and within white enamel borders, interlaced S and sunray marks, the rim numbered in script: 2350
8.8 cm, 3 ½ in. wide