AN AUSTRIAN ENAMELLED GOLD SNUFF-BOX

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£ 6 000
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12.11.2020 14:00UTC +01:00
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CHRISTIE'S
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United Kingdom, London
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ID 437306
Lot 81 | AN AUSTRIAN ENAMELLED GOLD SNUFF-BOX
AN AUSTRIAN ENAMELLED GOLD SNUFF-BOX

BY FRIEDRICH WIRTH (FL. 1792-1813), VIENNA, 1807; STRUCK WITH VIENNA TAX MARK AND LATER AUSTRIAN GOLD CONTROL MARK (1824-1866)

rectangular with rounded corners, the cover with an oblong enamel plaque depicting a young family with child in a wooded landscape framed by a white and sky-blue enamel border of quatrefoils and roundels within a raised foliate border, the sides and base with band of peak-pattern engine-turning alternating with foliate border, centred on the base with panel of basket weaving and small shield later engraved with initials 'AIRK'

3 3/8 in. (87 mm.)

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