A late 18th century German gold and enamelled snuff box
marked with crowned 'J' and 'T' in separate punches together with crossed laurel, possibly by Andre Jordan & François Theremin, Berlin circa 1790, incuse numbered '556'

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25 April 2018, 14:00 BST

London, New Bond Street

£5,000 - £7,000

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A late 18th century German gold and enamelled snuff box

marked with crowned 'J' and 'T' in separate punches together with crossed laurel, possibly by Andre Jordan & François Theremin, Berlin circa 1790, incuse numbered '556'
Oval form, the cover with translucent green enamel over a linear and pellet engine-turned ground within a 'jewelled' border of berried leaves and pearlescent pellets, the sides with similar translucent green panels separated by foliate pilasters, with conforming base, length 9cm, weight total 100gms.

Footnotes

For a discussion of the attribution of these 'J T' marks to Jordan and Theremin, please see Julia Clarke 'Swiss Snuff Boxes 1785-1835', in 'Enamels of the World 1700-2000' (London 2009), pp 264-292 and Winifred Bauer, 'Gold boxes in Berlin: Thoughts on on their Production for and beyond the Royal Court during the reign of Frederick the Great', 'Going for Gold' (London 2014), pp 92-105.

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