Gold Boxes & Fabergé

Gold Boxes & Fabergé

View full screen - View 1 of Lot 1518. A gold-mounted opal matrix snuff box, probably Vienna, circa 1790 .

An Important American Family Collection

A gold-mounted opal matrix snuff box, probably Vienna, circa 1790

Lot Closed

May 13, 10:17 AM GMT

Estimate

10,000 - 15,000 CHF

Lot Details

Description

oval, the rose-gold mounts picking up some of the hues in the opal matrix body, the mounts chased with ribbons and ovolos, hung with yellow gold garlands, apparently unmarked


9.1 cm, 3 5/5 in. wide

(C) 2025 Sotheby's
All alcoholic beverage sales in New York are made solely by Sotheby's Wine (NEW L1046028)