Beschreibung:

A GERMAN PASTE-SET GOLD PRESENTATION SNUFF-BOX WITH MINIATURE MARK OF WILHELM CONRAD JOSEF LAMEYER, HANOVER, CIRCA 1857 Cartouche shaped and with waved sides, the lid applied with an oval portrait miniature of King George V of Hanover (1819-1878) in silver-bordered white uniform with epaulettes and various orders, within a paste-set frame flanked by three silver-mounted paste stones on each side, the lid and sides chased with scrolls, shells and flowers, the base similarly engraved with mirrored scrolls and foliage centred by a posy of flowers, the inside of the lid stamped with presentation inscription on a frosted gold ground marked inside, the left border stamped '2382' 3¾ in. (95 mm.) wide The inscription reads 'Koenig Georg V seinem Gesandten Graf Adolph von Kielmansegge zu London als Zeichen der besonderen Anerkennung für seine treu geleisteten Dienste in Wiedererlangung der Kronjuwelen am 6. Januar 1858' meaning that King George V of Hanover presented this box to his emissary Count Adolph of Kielmansegge as an acknowledgement of his faithful service in the affair of the retrieval of the Hanoverian crown jewels.