A GERMAN AVENTURINE QUARTZ GOLD-MOUNTED SNUFF BOX,
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A GERMAN AVENTURINE QUARTZ GOLD-MOUNTED SNUFF BOX, PROBABLY BERLIN OR DRESDEN, LATE 18TH CENTURY
in the manner of Friedrich Ludwig Hoffmann, circular, applied to the lid with hardstone and paste fruits and foliage, the base with a butterfly, gold hinged mounts with bright-cut wrigglework and foliage
7cm diameter
See A. Kenneth Snowman, Gold Boxes of Europe, Woodbridge, 1990, pls.615/6, 618/a for two boxes signed Hoffmann, one now in the Gilbert Collection at the V. & A. See also Christie's, London, 10 June 2010, lot 48 and Sotheby's, London, 29 November 2006, lot 19 for other Hoffmann type boxes.
in the manner of Friedrich Ludwig Hoffmann, circular, applied to the lid with hardstone and paste fruits and foliage, the base with a butterfly, gold hinged mounts with bright-cut wrigglework and foliage
7cm diameter
See A. Kenneth Snowman, Gold Boxes of Europe, Woodbridge, 1990, pls.615/6, 618/a for two boxes signed Hoffmann, one now in the Gilbert Collection at the V. & A. See also Christie's, London, 10 June 2010, lot 48 and Sotheby's, London, 29 November 2006, lot 19 for other Hoffmann type boxes.
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A GERMAN AVENTURINE QUARTZ GOLD-MOUNTED SNUFF BOX,
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