Snuffbox with Venus image
Snuffbox with Venus image
Germany or France
late 19th century
Gold, enamel; painting, enamel over guilloche, enamel over engraving
2.3 x 8.5 x 6.3 cm, 150 gm
Marks: French assay mark, five more marks
Gold oval snuffbox with a hinged lid. An oval plaque with the image of Venus in the 18th century fashion dress is on the lid. A Cupid flies alongside, crowning her with a wreath of flowers framed with rim with two white lines and multicolored enamel foliage ornament. The sides are decorated with rectangular inserts of green translucent enamel over guilloche. The bottom with an oval plaque with green guilloche enamel on green translucent enamel with diverging from the center patterns, framed with similar rim with multicolored enamel foliage ornament.
Инв.3151/ДПИ