ANTIQUE 19thC GERMAN 14K SOLID GOLD & ENAMEL SNUFF BOX, WEISHAUPT & SOHNE c.1850
19th Century German 14k solid gold snuff box, particularly large and of rectangular bombe shape, decorated with champlevé white and blue enamel tendrils, profusely engraved with scrolled foliage and flowers on reeded ground, the cover applied with raised cast floral cartouche enclosing an engraved flower spray on blue enamel ground, the lid applied with an elaborate thumb-piece.
Hallmarked German Gold 14k, Hanau, Maker CMWS for Carl Martin Weishaupt & Sohne.
Reference Number: C6521
19th Century German 14k solid gold snuff box, particularly large and of rectangular bombe shape, decorated with champlevé white and blue enamel tendrils, profusely engraved with scrolled foliage and flowers on reeded ground, the cover applied with raised cast floral cartouche enclosing an engraved flower spray on blue enamel ground, the lid applied with an elaborate thumb-piece.
Hallmarked German Gold 14k, Hanau, Maker CMWS for Carl Martin Weishaupt & Sohne.
Reference Number: C6521
19th Century German 14k solid gold snuff box, particularly large and of rectangular bombe shape, decorated with champlevé white and blue enamel tendrils, profusely engraved with scrolled foliage and flowers on reeded ground, the cover applied with raised cast floral cartouche enclosing an engraved flower spray on blue enamel ground, the lid applied with an elaborate thumb-piece.
Hallmarked German Gold 14k, Hanau, Maker CMWS for Carl Martin Weishaupt & Sohne.
Reference Number: C6521
DESCRIPTION
Antique mid-19th Century German 14k solid gold snuff box, particularly large and of rectangular bombe shape, decorated with champlevé white and blue enamel tendrils, profusely engraved with scrolled foliage and flowers on reeded ground, the cover applied with raised cast floral cartouche enclosing an engraved flower spray on blue enamel ground, the lid applied with an elaborate thumb-piece. Hallmarked German Gold 14k, Hanau, Maker CMWS for Carl Martin Weishaupt & Sohne, also with a control mark on rim.
CONDITION
In Excellent Condition - No Damage.
SIZE
Height: 5cm
Width: 9 x 7cm
Weight: 165g