A TREASURY OF VERTU: Important Gold Boxes from a Private Family Collection
18 November - 10 December 2020 • London
1 An enamel snuff box with jewelled gold mounts, possibly Southern German, dated 1671
2 A gold and tortoiseshell snuff box, probably English or German, circa 1725-30
3 A double-opening gold snuff box, probably English or German, circa 1735
4 A chased gold snuff box in the form of a shell, probably English or German, circa 1740
5 A gold and enamel snuff box, Frantz Bergs, Stockholm, probably circa 1730
6 A Meissen porcelain Kakiemon style snuff box, circa 1735,
7 A Vienna (Du Paquier) porcelain snuff box with gold mounts, circa 1735-40
8 A Meissen porcelain bombé snuff box with gold mounts by Louis Métayer, Amsterdam, 1741
9 A Meissen porcelain fond celadon snuff box with gold mounts, circa 1740
10 A Meissen porcelain yellow-ground snuff-box with gold mounts, circa 1740
11 A rare marquetry fruitwood snuff box with gold mounts, German, circa 1765
12 A very rare gold and pietra dura 'Steinkabinett', complete with secret compartment and explanatory booklet, Christian Gottlieb Stiehl, Dresden, circa 1770
13 A gold and enamel snuff box, James Bellis, London, circa 1765
14 A gold and enamel snuff box, Anders Liedberg, Stockholm, circa 1763
15 An Imperial gold, enamel and hardstone snuff box, Johann Christian Neuber, Dresden, circa 1775
16 A petite jewelled gold and pietra dura snuff box, Johann Christian Neuber, Dresden, circa 1775
17 A jewelled gold and hardstone snuff box, probably Berlin, possibly for the Russian Market, circa 1770
18 A rare hardstone appliqué snuff box with two-colour gold mounts, ** Hoffman, probably Berlin, circa 1770
19 A hardstone 'surprise' aide-mémoire with four-colour gold mounts, Johann Christian Neuber, Dresden, circa 1765
20 A carved hardstone snuff box with jewelled gold mounts, German, circa 1770
21 A gold-mounted pietra dura portrait snuff box, probably Austrian or German, circa 1770 and later
22 A jewelled gold and lapis lazuli etui, probably English, circa 1735
23 A painted enamel snuff box with raised gilding, possibly Christian Friedrich Herold, circa 1750
24 A small painted enamel snuff box with gold mounts, Isaak Jacob Clause, Berlin or Dresden, circa 1755
25 An unusual gold-mounted hardstone snuff box, probably English, circa 1765
26 A three-colour gold and hardstone snuff box, Paris, 1756
27 A Meissen porcelain snuff box mounted in gold, circa 1745
28 A Meissen porcelain snuff box with gold mounts, 19th century
29 A mother of pearl snuff box with two-colour gold mounts
30 A boîte-à-miniatures with three-colour gold mounts
31 A pearl-set 'Chinese Market' gold and enamel 'form' snuff box, Sené & Neisser, Geneva, 1801-1804
32 A pearl, gold and enamel snuff box, Geneva, circa 1805 and later
33 A gold and enamel snuff box in 18th century taste
34 An unusual jewelled four-colour snuff box in the form of a trunk
35 A crystal bonbonnière with gold and enamel mounts, probably French, late 19th century
36 A gold-mounted black jasper snuff box in the shape of a boar, probably German, 19th century
37 A gold-mounted black jasper snuff box in the shape of a turtle, probably German, 19th century