A FRENCH JEWELLED ENAMELLED GOLD SNUFF-BOX

Lot 82
12.11.2020 14:00UTC +00:00
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£ 8 000
AuctioneerCHRISTIE'S
Event locationUnited Kingdom, London
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Lot 82 | A FRENCH JEWELLED ENAMELLED GOLD SNUFF-BOX
Estimate value
£ 8 000 – 12 000
A FRENCH JEWELLED ENAMELLED GOLD SNUFF-BOX

BY EDOUARD PICARD, MARKED, PARIS, CIRCA 1870, WITH THE FRENCH THIRD STANDARD MARK FOR GOLD 1838-1919

oval, the cover, sides and base set with panels of horizontal engine-turning stamped with pellets and enamelled in translucent burnt orange, within sablé gold green enamel foliate and white enamel bead borders set at intervals with seed pearls, the cover centred with an oval bloodstone plaque set with a carved chalcedony profile of a lady, the side with sablé gold pilasters and chased vases containing enamelled flowers

3 1/8 in. (80 mm.) wide

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