Snuffbox covered with red enamel
Snuffbox covered with red enamel
Western Europe, Hanau
The 19th century
Gold; guilloché enamel, champlevé enamel, carving
4.1 × 10.7 × 7.9 cm, 242 g
Number stamped on the flange: "3424"
Gold ornately shaped snuffbox with a hinged flip lid. Lateral sides, modeled with convex lobes, are decorated alternately with golden four‑lobbed reserves filled with red guilloché enamel and with stylized lilies with foliage pattern inside. The images are emphasized with gilded golden arabesques and placed against red enamel ground. The lid rim is finished with red enamel and golden rope‑twist shaped band.
3590/ДПИ