Snuff Boxes Archives - Antique Cameos https://antique-cameos.com/price-guide/snuff-boxes/ Information and Price Guide to Antique and Vintage Cameos including Jewelry and Cameo Glass Mon, 06 Jul 2020 10:47:51 +0000 en-US hourly 1 214465993 Gold Cameo-set Snuff Boxes https://antique-cameos.com/gold-cameo-set-snuff-boxes/ Sat, 16 Jun 2018 07:41:56 +0000 http://www.antique-cameos.com/?p=357 Price  guide to antique gold cameo-set snuff boxes. Gold cameo-set snuff  boxes are extremely desirable collectible items. They would have been used by only the rich and affluent of society.…

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]]> Price  guide to antique gold cameo-set snuff boxes. Gold cameo-set snuff  boxes are extremely desirable collectible items. They would have been used by only the rich and affluent of society.

A Napoleonic French gold, enamelled and cameo-set snuff box A Russian gold snuff box set with cast-paper cameos

 

 

 

 

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]]> 357 A gold and enamel snuff box set with a hardstone cameo https://antique-cameos.com/a-gold-and-enamel-snuff-box-set-with-a-hardstone-cameo/ Thu, 18 Feb 2016 16:57:29 +0000 http://www.antique-cameos.com/index.php/2016/02/18/a-gold-and-enamel-snuff-box-set-with-a-hardstone-cameo/ Cameo Snuff Box. A gold and enamel snuff box set with a hardstone cameo, Adrien-Jean-Maximilien Vachette, Paris, circa 1807-1813, retailed by Etienne Nitot & fils of rounded rectangular form, the…

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]]> Gold Enamel Snuff BoxCameo Snuff Box. A gold and enamel snuff box set with a hardstone cameo, Adrien-Jean-Maximilien Vachette, Paris, circa 1807-1813, retailed by Etienne Nitot & fils
of rounded rectangular form, the lid inset with a cut-cornered rectangular multi-layered agate cameo of Bacchus in profile to sinister, vine tendrils in his hair, the ground chased with neo-classical scrollwork, the sides and base engine-turned within flat-cut leaf borders picked out in blue enamel, the corners with urns, the rim engraved: No. 104 / Etienne Nitot & fils, Joaillers & Bijoutiers de LLMM l’Impératrice & le Roi & la Reine de Westphalie à Paris
9.2 cm., 3 5/8 in. long

Sold for 43,750 GBP at Sothebys

 

 

 

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