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GENEVA, CIRCA 1820
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A SWISS ENAMEL AND GOLD PENDANT WITH INCORPORATED MAGNIFYING GLASS
Geneva, circa 1820
Small rectangular flat box, the hinged cover applied with a gold-mounted enamel panel painted with the French alphabet exemplified by the initials of flowers, the gold base of the box stamped with pine cones and scrolling foliage and containing a hinged folding miniature magnifying glass positioned opposite a vacant hinged folding frame with convex protection glass, the box swivelling and suspended from a twisted gold hoop shaped as two snakes, attached to a gold safety pin
1 in. (33 mm.) wide
Geneva, circa 1820
Small rectangular flat box, the hinged cover applied with a gold-mounted enamel panel painted with the French alphabet exemplified by the initials of flowers, the gold base of the box stamped with pine cones and scrolling foliage and containing a hinged folding miniature magnifying glass positioned opposite a vacant hinged folding frame with convex protection glass, the box swivelling and suspended from a twisted gold hoop shaped as two snakes, attached to a gold safety pin
1 in. (33 mm.) wide