Gold Boxes & Fabergé

Gold Boxes & Fabergé

View full screen - View 1 of Lot 1547. A gold and shell cameo snuff box, Souchay family, Hanau, circa 1785 and later .

A gold and shell cameo snuff box, Souchay family, Hanau, circa 1785 and later

Lot Closed

May 13, 10:46 AM GMT

Estimate

6,000 - 8,000 CHF

Lot Details

Description

oval, the lid and base decorated with an engine-turned and engraved flowerhead on a reeded ground, in an interlaced leaf and scroll frame, the sides similarly decorated around urn dividers, the interior of the lid later applied with an oval carved shell cameo of a lady in profile, after the Antique, probably circa 1860, Hanau marks including maker's mark and flowerhead


7.3cm, 2 7/8 in. wide

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