BY LES FRERES TOUSSAINT, HANAU, CIRCA 1790/1800, WITH THE STANDARD HANAU MARK FOR 19 CARAT GOLD, LATER STRUCK WITH TWO FRENCH IMPORT MARKS FOR GOLD 1864-1993, THE FLANGE STRUCK WITH INVENTORY NUMBER 90

It has been suggested that the maker's mark 'LFT' probably corresponds to 'Les Frres Toussaint' in Hanau (L. Seelig, Golddosen des 18. Jahrhunderts aus dem Besitz der Frsten von Thurn und Taxis, Munich, 2007, pp. 186-7). On the basis of this research, a miniature-set enamelled gold bonbonnire marked 'LFT' in the Wallace collection, formerly attributed to 19th Century Swiss manufacture, is now believed to have been crafted in Hanau during the second half of the 18th Century (C. Truman, 'Some German Gold Boxes in the Wallace Collection', The British Antique Dealers' Association Annual Handbook 2009/2010, London, 2009, p. 11).