A LARGE GERMAN ENAMELED GOLD SNUFF BOX, CHARLES WEISHAUPT & CO., HANAU NO. 1199, CIRCA 1850

A LARGE GERMAN ENAMELED GOLD SNUFF BOX, CHARLES WEISHAUPT & CO., HANAU NO. 1199, CIRCA 1850

of bombé and shaped rectangular form decorated with champlevé white and blue enamel tendrils on a ground profusely engraved with foliage and flowers on reeded ground, the cover with raised cartouche enclosing an engraved flower spray on blue enamel ground repeated on the four sides, matching thumbpiece

marked inside base and with control mark on rim

length 3½ in.

9 cm