Snuffbox with a miniature depicting a Satyr with three Nymphs
Snuffbox with a miniature depicting a Satyr with three Nymphs
Germany, Hanau
1780-1790
Antoine Joly
Gold; chasing, coloured enamels painting, enamel over guilloche
2.6 х 8.3 х 6.15 cm, 142 gr
Mark of Hanay 1780-1792; later Danish alloy mark of gold 1906-1953
Gold German oval enamelled snuffbox with a central oval vertical raised plaque depicting a satyr with three nymphs and a putto holding a cup of wine in a landscape by the sea within a raised chased border of oak leaves and acorns on a translucent blue ground over striped engine-turning applied with gold grape vine garlands and all framed by a large raised chased identical border tied with ribbons, the sides and base with identical decorations.
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