Archive for the ‘Antique Gold Art’ Category

ENGLISH SILVER-GILT SNUFF BOX, GOLD AND ENAMEL SNUFF BOX, JEWELLED GOLD AND ENAMEL SNUFF BOX

Friday, January 8th, 2010

ENGLISH SILVER-GILT SNUFF BOX, GOLD AND ENAMEL SNUFF BOX, JEWELLED GOLD AND ENAMEL SNUFF BOX
AN ENGLISH SILVER-GILT SNUFF BOX of rectangular form, the lid cast in high relief and chased with a hunting scene, the sides and base engine-turned around a central blank cartouche, 8.2cm. wide, maker’s mark of Francis Clark, Birmingham, 1839, some restoration.
A [...]

ENGLISH MOTHER OF PEARL GOLD AND ENAMEL NECESSAIRE, JEWELLED TURQUOISE AND GOLD SNUFF BOX

Friday, January 8th, 2010

ENGLISH MOTHER OF PEARL GOLD AND ENAMEL NECESSAIRE, JEWELLED TURQUOISE AND GOLD SNUFF BOX
A GOOD Swiss JEWELLED THREE-COLOR GOLD AND ENAMEL SNUFF BOX of rectangular form, the lid inset with a rectangular enamel plaque painted with a view of Dresden from the left bank, showing the Bruhl’sche Terasse and Augustiner Brucke in the foreground with [...]

FRENCH THREE-COLOR GOLD POWDER BOX, OVAL SWISS GOLD AND ENAMEL SNUFF BOX, GOLD AND TORTOISESHELL BONBONNIERE

Friday, January 8th, 2010

FRENCH THREE-COLOR GOLD POWDER BOX, OVAL SWISS GOLD AND ENAMEL SNUFF BOX, GOLD AND TORTOISESHELL BONBONNIERE
A FRENCH THREE-COLOR GOLD POWDER BOX of circular form, the lid with a central chased floral scroll rosette on a matted ground, within bands of chased foliage and reading scattered with pellets and mullets, the sides and base similarly turned [...]

SWISS GOLD SNUFF BOX, FOUR-COLOR GOLD AND ENAMEL SNUFF BOX, GOLD AND ENAMEL POWDER BOX, FRENCH TWO-COLOR GOLD AND ENAMEL POWDER BOX

Friday, January 8th, 2010

SWISS GOLD SNUFF BOX, FOUR-COLOR GOLD AND ENAMEL SNUFF BOX, GOLD AND ENAMEL POWDER BOX, FRENCH TWO-COLOR GOLD AND ENAMEL POWDER BOX
AN OVAL SWISS GOLD SNUFF BOX, the lid and base engraved with oval trophies within flowers on a sable ground, engraved garland borders, the sides similarly decorated with circular trophies between swags, 6.8cm. wide, [...]

A GOLD AND IVORY NECESSAIRE, A JEWELLED GOLD AND HARDSTONE NECESSAIRE, HARDSTONE AND MOSAIC SNUFF BOX, FRENCH GOLD AND ENAMEL POWDER BOX

Friday, January 8th, 2010

A GOLD AND IVORY NECESSAIRE, A JEWELLED GOLD AND HARDSTONE NECESSAIRE, HARDSTONE AND MOSAIC SNUFF BOX, FRENCH GOLD AND ENAMEL POWDER BOX
A SWISS THREE-COLOR GOLD NEEDLE CASE of tapering form, with four oval panels chased with trophies against a receded ground scattered with pellets, chased flower and leaf borders, 7.7cm. long, apparently unmarked, late 18th [...]