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MAKER'S MARK 'AP' FLANKED BY TWO CROWNED CROSSES, GENEVA, CIRCA 1780/1800, THE FLANGE STRUCK WITH INVENTORY NO. 199
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                                            A SWISS GOLD SNUFF-BOX 
maker's mark 'AP' flanked by two crowned crosses, Geneva, circa 1780/1800, the flange struck with inventory no. 199
Oval box, the cover and base engine-turned with scallops containing a horizontal coin pattern, on a bright-cut ground, the sides engine-turned with vertical coin-pattern bands alternating with bright-cut bands
2 9/16 in. (64 mm.) wide
2 oz. (83 gr.)
                                        
                                    maker's mark 'AP' flanked by two crowned crosses, Geneva, circa 1780/1800, the flange struck with inventory no. 199
Oval box, the cover and base engine-turned with scallops containing a horizontal coin pattern, on a bright-cut ground, the sides engine-turned with vertical coin-pattern bands alternating with bright-cut bands
2 9/16 in. (64 mm.) wide
2 oz. (83 gr.)
Provenance
                                        
                                            Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, Geneva, 16 November 1983, lot 89 (to Dreesmann). 
Dr Anton C. R. Dreesmann (inventory no. F-142).
                                        
                                    Dr Anton C. R. Dreesmann (inventory no. F-142).
Special notice
                                        
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