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A gold and enamel snuff box
Estimate
4,000 - 6,000 GBP
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Description
- width 9cm, 3 1/2 in
maker's mark FJ in script between sunrays, circa 1800, further struck with Viennese early 19th century import mark
rectangular with cut corners, the lid painted en plein with a portrait of Archimedes at work on the walls of Syracuse, within vine leaf engraved panels, the sides and base enamelled in translucent blue over engine-turning within cerulean blue and gold borders
rectangular with cut corners, the lid painted en plein with a portrait of Archimedes at work on the walls of Syracuse, within vine leaf engraved panels, the sides and base enamelled in translucent blue over engine-turning within cerulean blue and gold borders