Lot 15
A Gold, Enamel, Seed Pearl, and Portrait-Inset Snuff Box
Sale 1090 - Gold Boxes and Vertu from the Estate of a Prominent Kansas City Collector
Oct 18, 2022
9:00AM CT
Live / Chicago
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Estimate
$7,000 -
9,000
Price Realized
$8,750
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Lot Description
A Gold, Enamel, Seed Pearl, and Portrait-Inset Snuff Box
Likely Hanau, 18th/19th Century
of oval form, the lid centered with a portrait miniature of a lady, the portrait frame decorated with gold and inset-pearl banding; the lid, sides and underside decorated with floral foliate paillon motifs in the Rococo taste.
marked with a fleur-de-lis on flange of base near hinge, the base of interior with a flower, crowned letter 'Q' and interlaces script letters
Diameter 3 1/4 inches.
marked with a fleur-de-lis on flange of base near hinge, the base of interior with a flower, crowned letter 'Q' and interlaces script letters
Diameter 3 1/4 inches.
Property from the Estate of a Prominent Kansas City Collector
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