The panels engine turned with wavy line patterns, bordered by dark blue bellflowers and rosettes raised on a sable ground, similar to base and sides also featuring blue line detail, stamped with inventory number 180, struck with the Parisian post-revolutionary unofficial standard mark for 18 carat gold and the Parisian small warranty mark for gold 1809-1817 and twice with the restricted warranty mark for gold, Paris, 1838-1847.
Weight: 104g
Date: 1798-1809 Period: Early 19th century Medium: Enamelled gold Dimensions: 9 x 4.5 x 1.6 cm (3¹/₂ x 1³/₄ x 0⁵/₈ inches) Categories: Jewellery
18th century German coloured gold rectangular box by Les Freres Toussaint, Hanau c.1760, formerly Rothschild family collection, chased and engraved with figural decoration in yellow, rose, lemon gold and silver,
