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PROBABLY GENEVA, CIRCA 1840, UNMARKED
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A SWISS GOLD NOTEBOOK SET WITH JEWELLED INITIALS AND AN ENAMEL MINIATURE
probably Geneva, circa 1840, unmarked
Rectangular carnet, the hinged front and back covers engine-turned with symmetrical arabesques on a polished gold ground, the front cover centred by a convex oval translucent blue guilloch panel set with rose-cut diamond set pierced foliate initials AD, the back cover set with an oval enamel miniature finely painted with an oasis landscape featuring a young lady offering water to an Arab warrior, inside a stout ivory plaque with gold hinge, two gold rings on the right hand side of both front and back cover locking the booklet by inserting an engine-turned gold pencil
3 in. (89 mm.) high
probably Geneva, circa 1840, unmarked
Rectangular carnet, the hinged front and back covers engine-turned with symmetrical arabesques on a polished gold ground, the front cover centred by a convex oval translucent blue guilloch panel set with rose-cut diamond set pierced foliate initials AD, the back cover set with an oval enamel miniature finely painted with an oasis landscape featuring a young lady offering water to an Arab warrior, inside a stout ivory plaque with gold hinge, two gold rings on the right hand side of both front and back cover locking the booklet by inserting an engine-turned gold pencil
3 in. (89 mm.) high