A GEORGE IV COMMEMORATIVE PARCEL-ENAMELLED GOLD-LINED TORTOISESHELL SNUFF-BOX
LONDON, CIRCA 1820, PROBABLY RETAILED BY RUNDELL, BRIDGE & RUNDELL, THE PLAQUE AFTER THOMAS WYON JUNIOR (1792-1817)
A GEORGE IV COMMEMORATIVE PARCEL-ENAMELLED GOLD-LINED TORTOISESHELL SNUFF-BOX LONDON, CIRCA 1820, PROBABLY RETAILED BY RUNDELL, BRIDGE & RUNDELL, THE PLAQUE AFTER THOMAS WYON JUNIOR (1792-1817) Circular box, the hinged cover set with a glazed gilt medallion cast and chased with a portrait of King George IV (1762-1830), in profile to the left, in Roman toga and laurel crown with blue guilloché enamelled reeded border, surrounded by a further pink gilt pierced border inscribed ' GEORGIUS. IV. D. G. BRITANNIARUM. REX ' surmounted by a cast Royal crown parcel-enamelled in translucent red, green and opaque white, all surrounded by chased emblems of England, Scotland and Ireland on a sablé ground, the rim applied with green gold oak leaf border, the waisted sides mounted with vari-coloured gold scrolling foliage, the incorporated thumbpiece cast with rocaille and flowerheads and a mask, the cover of the gold-lined interior mounted with a glazed frosted gilt plaque inscribed 'GOD SAVE THE KING CROWNED JULY XIX /MDCCXXI' and cast with Royal crown, laurels and Horse of Hanover 3¾ in. (94 mm.) diam.
A GEORGE IV COMMEMORATIVE PARCEL-ENAMELLED GOLD-LINED TORTOISESHELL SNUFF-BOX
LONDON, CIRCA 1820, PROBABLY RETAILED BY RUNDELL, BRIDGE & RUNDELL, THE PLAQUE AFTER THOMAS WYON JUNIOR (1792-1817)
A GEORGE IV COMMEMORATIVE PARCEL-ENAMELLED GOLD-LINED TORTOISESHELL SNUFF-BOX LONDON, CIRCA 1820, PROBABLY RETAILED BY RUNDELL, BRIDGE & RUNDELL, THE PLAQUE AFTER THOMAS WYON JUNIOR (1792-1817) Circular box, the hinged cover set with a glazed gilt medallion cast and chased with a portrait of King George IV (1762-1830), in profile to the left, in Roman toga and laurel crown with blue guilloché enamelled reeded border, surrounded by a further pink gilt pierced border inscribed ' GEORGIUS. IV. D. G. BRITANNIARUM. REX ' surmounted by a cast Royal crown parcel-enamelled in translucent red, green and opaque white, all surrounded by chased emblems of England, Scotland and Ireland on a sablé ground, the rim applied with green gold oak leaf border, the waisted sides mounted with vari-coloured gold scrolling foliage, the incorporated thumbpiece cast with rocaille and flowerheads and a mask, the cover of the gold-lined interior mounted with a glazed frosted gilt plaque inscribed 'GOD SAVE THE KING CROWNED JULY XIX /MDCCXXI' and cast with Royal crown, laurels and Horse of Hanover 3¾ in. (94 mm.) diam.
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