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A gold snuff box, probably English, circa 1720, of rectangular form, richly decorated throughout, the hinged cover chased with two huntsmen and a hound, against a granulated stippled sky, within a frame of engraved scrolls and shells, the cartouche border further chased with deer and hounds, the reverse with a riverside scene of a crane wrestling a serpent, another crane in flight above, the scene similarly framed, and edged with flowerhead latticework and architectural details, unmarked, length 7.9cm. £6,000-£8,000 --- Literature: Snowman A K: 18th Century Gold boxes of Europe, pub. ACC, 1990, page 261, plate 533, illustrating a comparable example, possibly from the same workshops, depicting a scene from one of Aesop’s fables, The Fox and The Crow. Condition Report The box is in very good condition. possibly a tiny graze to the gold at one corner below the hinge. Sotheby’s London, Gold Boxes, Ceramics and Silver, sale 26 May 2021, lot 25. Snowman: Page 259 - ‘The gold standard demanded in London up to the year 1798 was 22 carat, and in Dresden approximately 18 carat’. Dimensions: 7.9 x 6.0 x 1.3cm. Gross weight 109.5gm
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A gold snuff box, probably English, circa 1720, of rectangular form, richly decorated throughout, the hinged cover chased with two huntsmen and a hound, against a granulated stippled sky, within a frame of engraved scrolls and shells, the cartouche border further chased with deer and hounds, the reverse with a riverside scene of a crane wrestling a serpent, another crane in flight above, the scene similarly framed, and edged with flowerhead latticework and architectural details, unmarked, length 7.9cm. £6,000-£8,000 --- Literature: Snowman A K: 18th Century Gold boxes of Europe, pub. ACC, 1990, page 261, plate 533, illustrating a comparable example, possibly from the same workshops, depicting a scene from one of Aesop’s fables, The Fox and The Crow. Condition Report The box is in very good condition. possibly a tiny graze to the gold at one corner below the hinge. Sotheby’s London, Gold Boxes, Ceramics and Silver, sale 26 May 2021, lot 25. Snowman: Page 259 - ‘The gold standard demanded in London up to the year 1798 was 22 carat, and in Dresden approximately 18 carat’. Dimensions: 7.9 x 6.0 x 1.3cm. Gross weight 109.5gm
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