An Austrian silver and niello snuff box, Wien, 1860
Height x width x depth: 2 x 8.5 x 5 cm. Weight: approx. 90 g.
Rectangular in shape with hinged lid and internal gilding, niello-worked with stylised floral motifs; on the front a hunting scene.
Hallmarked with the multi-funcional hallmark for silver at a fineness of 13 lΓΆth (812,50/1000) used in Wien in 1860, and bearing the mark of the silversmith Theodor Bittner (?).