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RUSSIAN OR SWISS, CIRCA 1820/1830, WITH BADLY STRUCK PROBABLY RUSSIAN MARKS
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A CONTINENTAL ENAMELLED GOLD SNUFF-BOX
Russian or Swiss, circa 1820/1830, with badly struck probably Russian marks
Rectangular polished gold box with convex sides, the cover panel centred by an oval polished gold reserve decorated with a flowerspray in colourful champlevé enamel, surrounded by a radiating wavy reeded engine-turned sunburst motif, within a white enamel frame, the polished broad gold border decorated in colourful champlevé enamel with trailing foliage and flowers, with incorporated thumbpiece, the sides and borders of base similarly enamelled, the base centred by a panel of vertical wavy engine-turned reeding within a white enamel border
3 1/16 in. (77 mm.) wide
Russian or Swiss, circa 1820/1830, with badly struck probably Russian marks
Rectangular polished gold box with convex sides, the cover panel centred by an oval polished gold reserve decorated with a flowerspray in colourful champlevé enamel, surrounded by a radiating wavy reeded engine-turned sunburst motif, within a white enamel frame, the polished broad gold border decorated in colourful champlevé enamel with trailing foliage and flowers, with incorporated thumbpiece, the sides and borders of base similarly enamelled, the base centred by a panel of vertical wavy engine-turned reeding within a white enamel border
3 1/16 in. (77 mm.) wide
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