23rd Nov, 2016 10:00

European & Asian Works of Art

 
Lot 494
 

494

A GERMAN SILVER SNUFF BOX

A GERMAN SILVER SNUFF BOX, UNMARKED, PROBABLY BERLIN, CIRCA 1760 commemorating Frederick the Great's victories, waisted oblong, the lid applied with a gilt equestrian figure of the King against an engraved ground of cannons and bedecked halberds, applied front and back with the Prussian eagle against a similarly engraved ground 7cm long

Sold for £900


 
A GERMAN SILVER SNUFF BOX, UNMARKED, PROBABLY BERLIN, CIRCA 1760 commemorating Frederick the Great's victories, waisted oblong, the lid applied with a gilt equestrian figure of the King against an engraved ground of cannons and bedecked halberds, applied front and back with the Prussian eagle against a similarly engraved ground 7cm long