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A SWISS ENAMELLED GOLD SNUFF-BOX FOR THE ORIENTAL MARKET
Geneva, circa 1840
Oval box with wavy outlines, the cover, sides and base decorated with flowers, scrolls and bows in champlevé on an opaque light green enamel ground, the lid and base centered by cartouches with concave borders containing polychrome flowers painted on a guilloché sunburst ground enamelled in translucent pink, within an opaque white border; with wavy flange -- 75 mm wide.
Geneva, circa 1840
Oval box with wavy outlines, the cover, sides and base decorated with flowers, scrolls and bows in champlevé on an opaque light green enamel ground, the lid and base centered by cartouches with concave borders containing polychrome flowers painted on a guilloché sunburst ground enamelled in translucent pink, within an opaque white border; with wavy flange -- 75 mm wide.