Snuffboxes and Сigarette Сases

Snuffbox with two lids

    Snuffbox with two lids

    Germany, Dresden

    Circa 1788

    Gold; polishing, chasing, guilloche (guillochage)

    6.9 x 6.6 x 4.4 cm

    Illegible marks: letter “O” under crown, “[?]SB” or “[17]88” under image of wreath and crown

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    A gold snuffbox in a rectangular vertical matte polished body with rounded vertical edges and concave side faces, with two hinged lids on the top and lower sides. Under the lids, there are compartments for tobacco with mirror-polished surfaces. The rims of the lids are decorated with an ornament in the form of intertwined branches with leaves on a guilloche. On the front side of the top lid and the back side of the lower lid, there are thumbpieces for opening with a relief ornament. On the body under the lids and along the edge of the lids, there is a regular ornament of three-leaf clovers.


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    2725MC537/ДПИ