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BY FRANÇOIS JOANIN, MARKED, GENEVA, CIRCA 1800, WITH PRESTIGE MARKS
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A SWISS ENAMELLED GOLD SNUFF-BOX
by François Joanin, marked, Geneva, circa 1800, with prestige marks
Rectangular box with canted corners, the centre of the cover enamelled en plein with a rectangular scene depicting four gipsy women in front of a seated young gentleman, against a black ground, on a polished gold ground enamelled with white scrolls, flanked by vertical bands of matted ribbon-twist motifs, the base similarly enamelled and flanked, around a rectangular black enamelled grid motif on a burnished gold ground
36 in. (85 mm.) wide
by François Joanin, marked, Geneva, circa 1800, with prestige marks
Rectangular box with canted corners, the centre of the cover enamelled en plein with a rectangular scene depicting four gipsy women in front of a seated young gentleman, against a black ground, on a polished gold ground enamelled with white scrolls, flanked by vertical bands of matted ribbon-twist motifs, the base similarly enamelled and flanked, around a rectangular black enamelled grid motif on a burnished gold ground
36 in. (85 mm.) wide