A GERMAN PASTE-SET GOLD PRESENTATION SNUFF-BOX by Charles Colins Sons, marked, Hanau, struck with the town mark, circa 1842 Rectangular box with rounded corners, the lid centred by an oval frosted gold plaque with paste-set Gothic initial 'F' for Ferdinand I (1793-1875), Emperor of Austria 1835-1848, surrounded by a paste border and flanked by four silver-mounted paste stones on a frosted gold ground cast with foliate scrolls, architectural motifs, shells and flowers, the tapering sides of the lid similarly cast, with incorporated lion's head thumbpiece, the four panels on the baluster sides of the base and the base panel engined-turned with a stylized ozier pattern within fluted borders, the corners cast with foliate motifs on a matted ground 3 9/16 in. (90 mm.) wide
A GERMAN PASTE-SET GOLD PRESENTATION SNUFF-BOX by Charles Colins Sons, marked, Hanau, struck with the town mark, circa 1842 Rectangular box with rounded corners, the lid centred by an oval frosted gold plaque with paste-set Gothic initial 'F' for Ferdinand I (1793-1875), Emperor of Austria 1835-1848, surrounded by a paste border and flanked by four silver-mounted paste stones on a frosted gold ground cast with foliate scrolls, architectural motifs, shells and flowers, the tapering sides of the lid similarly cast, with incorporated lion's head thumbpiece, the four panels on the baluster sides of the base and the base panel engined-turned with a stylized ozier pattern within fluted borders, the corners cast with foliate motifs on a matted ground 3 9/16 in. (90 mm.) wide
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