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GENEVA, CIRCA 1780, MAKER'S MARK 'LFT', WITH PRESTIGE MARKS RESEMBLING TO THE PARIS DATE-LETTER 'K', TO THE CHARGE MARK OF JULIEN ALATERRE AND THE DISCHARGE MARK OF JULIEN BERTHE
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A SWISS ENAMELLED GOLD SNUFF-BOX
Geneva, circa 1780, maker's mark 'LFT', with prestige marks resembling to the Paris date-letter 'K', to the charge mark of Julien Alaterre and the discharge mark of Julien Berthe
Oval box, the cover, side and base panels with translucent caramel-coloured enamel on an engine-turned vertical coin pattern scattered with pellets, within white enamel bar and dot borders, the cover centred with an oval enamel plaque of a girl and a warrior in classical costumes standing at a statue of Diana the Huntress, within a corded border enamelled with translucent green leaves on a sablé ground, the side pilasters and borders similarly adorned
33/8 in. (85 mm.) wide
Geneva, circa 1780, maker's mark 'LFT', with prestige marks resembling to the Paris date-letter 'K', to the charge mark of Julien Alaterre and the discharge mark of Julien Berthe
Oval box, the cover, side and base panels with translucent caramel-coloured enamel on an engine-turned vertical coin pattern scattered with pellets, within white enamel bar and dot borders, the cover centred with an oval enamel plaque of a girl and a warrior in classical costumes standing at a statue of Diana the Huntress, within a corded border enamelled with translucent green leaves on a sablé ground, the side pilasters and borders similarly adorned
33/8 in. (85 mm.) wide