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A SWISS ENAMELLED GOLD SNUFF-BOX FOR THE ORIENTAL MARKET
Geneva, circa 1840
Lobed oval box, the cover and base centered by a matching reserve of translucent green enamel on a guilloché ground, decorated with an engraved symmetrical gold motif, surrounded by white enamelled palmettes on an opaque pink ground with black enamelled border, the sides with similar enamelling -- 78 mm wide, minor reenamelling
Geneva, circa 1840
Lobed oval box, the cover and base centered by a matching reserve of translucent green enamel on a guilloché ground, decorated with an engraved symmetrical gold motif, surrounded by white enamelled palmettes on an opaque pink ground with black enamelled border, the sides with similar enamelling -- 78 mm wide, minor reenamelling