A Park Avenue Treasury: The Alan and Simone Hartman Collection

A Park Avenue Treasury: The Alan and Simone Hartman Collection

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A Gold and Enamel Snuff Box, GT, Hanau, Circa 1815

No reserve

Auction Closed

June 18, 05:01 PM GMT

Estimate

7,000 - 10,000 USD

Lot Details

Description

the lid applied with a rectangular enamel plaque painted with a brunette and a blonde putto in the same poses as the putti in Raphael's Sistine Madonna, in a chased gold zig-zag border and black enamel frame, the outer foliate border in black taille d'épargne on a sablé ground, the sides and base similarly decorated around central engine-turning, maker's mark GT within rosette, shield and lion mark, the left rim numbered: 1314


Length 3 1/2 in.

9 cm