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From the Estate of a Distinguished Collector

A gold and champlevé enamel portrait miniature snuffbox, Keibel, St Petersburg, 19th century

Lot Closed

November 14, 02:56 PM GMT

Estimate

25,000 - 35,000 CHF

Lot Details

Description

the cover with a portrait miniature of Alexander I in military dress wearing his badge of the Order of St George as well as his breast star and sash of the Order of St Andrew the First Called, the sides enamelled in cobalt blue, the body chased and engraved throughout with foliate scrolls, stylised flowers and leaf-tips, struck to the interior with maker's mark, also engraved with the numbers 4003 and 208


length 9.7cm; 3 3/4 in.