A GERMAN ROYAL JEWELLED ENAMELLED GOLD PRESENTATION SNUFF-BOX
PROBABLY HANAU, CIRCA 1850/1860
A GERMAN ROYAL JEWELLED ENAMELLED GOLD PRESENTATION SNUFF-BOX PROBABLY HANAU, CIRCA 1850/1860 cartouche-shaped box, the cover, lobed baluster sides and base engraved, cast and embossed with raised foliage, flowerheads and scrolls on a sablé ground, the cover applied with an oval translucent guilloché enamel plaque set with diamond studded initial 'E', a Royal crown above, for Ernest II (1818-1893), Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (1844-1893), within a raised foliate frame 3 5/8 in. (93 mm.) wide The interior of the cover engraved with inscription which reads ' From H. R. H. Ernest / Duke of Saxe Coburg & Gotha / to / Charles. F. Hillyar Esq. / Captain of H. M. S. Queen. / 29th May 1862 '
A GERMAN ROYAL JEWELLED ENAMELLED GOLD PRESENTATION SNUFF-BOX
PROBABLY HANAU, CIRCA 1850/1860
A GERMAN ROYAL JEWELLED ENAMELLED GOLD PRESENTATION SNUFF-BOX PROBABLY HANAU, CIRCA 1850/1860 cartouche-shaped box, the cover, lobed baluster sides and base engraved, cast and embossed with raised foliage, flowerheads and scrolls on a sablé ground, the cover applied with an oval translucent guilloché enamel plaque set with diamond studded initial 'E', a Royal crown above, for Ernest II (1818-1893), Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (1844-1893), within a raised foliate frame 3 5/8 in. (93 mm.) wide The interior of the cover engraved with inscription which reads ' From H. R. H. Ernest / Duke of Saxe Coburg & Gotha / to / Charles. F. Hillyar Esq. / Captain of H. M. S. Queen. / 29th May 1862 '
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