A GERMAN JEWELLED ENAMELLED GOLD SNUFF-BOX SET WITH A PORTRAIT MINIATURE
BY LES FRERES TOUSSAINT, HANAU, CIRCA 1790/1800, WITH PRESTIGE MARKS, THE MINIATURE ATTRIBUTED TO THE SEAMAN BROTHERS, CIRCA 1740
A GERMAN JEWELLED ENAMELLED GOLD SNUFF-BOX SET WITH A PORTRAIT MINIATURE BY LES FRERES TOUSSAINT, HANAU, CIRCA 1790/1800, WITH PRESTIGE MARKS, THE MINIATURE ATTRIBUTED TO THE SEAMAN BROTHERS, CIRCA 1740 oval box, the cover, sides and base with panels of translucent dark blue enamel on a wavy reeded engine-turned ground, with borders and garlands of rich gold paillon fruiting vines, within opaque white enamel taille d'épargne borders, the cover centred by an earlier oval portrait miniature of a gentleman in gold-bordered breast plate with red lining, blue velvet coat, lace cravat, long powdered curling hair, within a diamond-set openwork scroll frame, the base centred with gold paillon floral spray 3 3/8 in. (85 mm.) wide
A GERMAN JEWELLED ENAMELLED GOLD SNUFF-BOX SET WITH A PORTRAIT MINIATURE
BY LES FRERES TOUSSAINT, HANAU, CIRCA 1790/1800, WITH PRESTIGE MARKS, THE MINIATURE ATTRIBUTED TO THE SEAMAN BROTHERS, CIRCA 1740
A GERMAN JEWELLED ENAMELLED GOLD SNUFF-BOX SET WITH A PORTRAIT MINIATURE BY LES FRERES TOUSSAINT, HANAU, CIRCA 1790/1800, WITH PRESTIGE MARKS, THE MINIATURE ATTRIBUTED TO THE SEAMAN BROTHERS, CIRCA 1740 oval box, the cover, sides and base with panels of translucent dark blue enamel on a wavy reeded engine-turned ground, with borders and garlands of rich gold paillon fruiting vines, within opaque white enamel taille d'épargne borders, the cover centred by an earlier oval portrait miniature of a gentleman in gold-bordered breast plate with red lining, blue velvet coat, lace cravat, long powdered curling hair, within a diamond-set openwork scroll frame, the base centred with gold paillon floral spray 3 3/8 in. (85 mm.) wide
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