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Silver snuff box of aristocratic proportions in guilloché enamel. Austria early 20th century.
Silver snuff box of aristocratic proportions in guilloché enamel. Austria early 20th century.
Silver snuff box of aristocratic proportions in guilloché enamel. Austria early 20th century.
Silver snuff box of aristocratic proportions in guilloché enamel. Austria early 20th century.
Silver snuff box of aristocratic proportions in guilloché enamel. Austria early 20th century.
Silver snuff box of aristocratic proportions in guilloché enamel. Austria early 20th century.
Silver snuff box of aristocratic proportions in guilloché enamel. Austria early 20th century.
Silver snuff box of aristocratic proportions in guilloché enamel. Austria early 20th century.
Silver snuff box of aristocratic proportions in guilloché enamel. Austria early 20th century.
Silver snuff box of aristocratic proportions in guilloché enamel. Austria early 20th century.
Silver snuff box of aristocratic proportions in guilloché enamel. Austria early 20th century.
Silver snuff box of aristocratic proportions in guilloché enamel. Austria early 20th century.
Silver snuff box of aristocratic proportions in guilloché enamel. Austria early 20th century.
Silver snuff box of aristocratic proportions in guilloché enamel. Austria early 20th century.
Silver snuff box of aristocratic proportions in guilloché enamel. Austria early 20th century.

Silver snuff box of aristocratic proportions in guilloché enamel. Austria early 20th century.

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Silver snuff box, oval in shape, aristocratic proportions and spectacular coloring. With fine, delightful enamel grisaille, playing putti birds, and burning, orange guilloché enamel on the body. The white enamel edging on the lid centers the composition and multiplies the color of the enamels. Austrian diamond 800 sterling silver dog head hallmark. The masters monogram is probably SP in a circle. Austria-Hungary, early 20th century. 6.6 x 8.4 x 1.8 cm. Weight: 145 g.
Art:
europe
Height:
6.6 cm
Width:
8.4 cm
Depth:
1.8 cm
Period:
Early 20th century
Style:
Neoclassicism
Country:
Austro-Hungary
Material:
Silver, Enamel
Condition:
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Neoclassicism
 Neoclassicism is part of a retrospective aesthetics that smoldered throughout the 19th century and developed into a powerful chord of the Russian neoampire of the 1910s. Neoclassicism manifested itself as a neo-Greek in the second third of the 19th century, in the new Hermitage of Leo Klenz, the opera house of Riga in the 1880s, in the after-fire interiors of the winter palace. Exists as part of the intrigue of balance and stability in an era of total historical fascination. ... Read More
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