£11,500
A 19thC German (Hanau) 14ct gold Snuff Box, c.1820, of rounded rectangular form with hinged cover, with foliate four colour gold decoration, marked on the inside '14k' and with an indistinct mark beside, two further unclear marks to inside of lid, 8.5cm wide, 156g, in original gilt tooled red leather presentation case.
Provenance; the property of Rev Edward Curtis Kemp (Chaplain to the British Ambassador to the Court of Berlin, Palace of Montbrillant, Hanover, who acted under Adolphus, Duke of Cambridge, serving as Viceroy of the Kingdom of Hanover), this box was presented to Rev. Kemp by The Duke of Cambrddge after he presided over the Baptism of his eldest daughter, the Princess Augusta Caroline Charlotte Elizabeth Mary Sophia Louise on 16th August 1822. See Hitchin-Kemp (Fred.); 'A General History of the Kemp and Kempe Families....pub. 1902, page 68 for an image of this box. Thence by family descent.
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