Snuffbox with floral ornamentation
Snuffbox with floral ornamentation
Germany, Berlin
Circa 1795–1800
Frères Jordan
Gold, enamel
1 × 8 × 4.0 cm
Sunray within three crossed-S marks; stamped 43[7]6; Paris import petite garantie
Unlike the majority of snuffboxes associated with the Frères Jordan workshop that have lids painted en plein with a landscape or figural subjects and with bases thematically unrelated, this snuffbox is decorated with the same design on the lid and base – a painted chain of spring and summer flowers reserved on a primrose ground and bordered by champlevé bands of cerulean rope-twist
4279/ДПИ