Beschreibung:

A GERMAN JEWELLED AND ENAMELLED GOLD SNUFF-BOX FOR THE ORIENTAL MARKET Hanau, circa 1830/1840, with the Hanau town mark and maker's mark 'CR', later struck with two Tunisian restricted warranty marks for gold 1905-1917 and two Tunisian census marks for 1917 Rectangular box with rounded corners, the cover centred by a shaped reserve enamelled with a lakeside landscape painted against a radiating guilloché ground enamelled in opalescent pink and studded with six rose-cut diamonds and applied with a chased, pierced and engraved scrolling gold porticus, against a vari-colour enamelled taille d'épargne ground with gold scrolls and arabesques and set with further six rose-cut diamonds, the four sides and base similarly enamelled with further white strapwork, gilt-metal and gold rims 3½ in. (89 mm.) wide