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GENEVA, CIRCA 1780/1790, WITH 'PRESTIGE MARKS', LATER STRUCK WITH A FRENCH POST-1893 IMPORT MARK FOR GOLD
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A SWISS ENAMELLED GOLD SNUFF-BOX
Geneva, circa 1780/1790, with 'prestige marks', later struck with a French post-1893 import mark for gold
Oval box, the engine-turned arched coin-pattern panels on cover, sides and base coated with translucent scarlet orange enamel and bordered with opaque white enamel bands, the lid inset with an oval enamel plaque depicting the jugate profiles of a Roman emperor and his wife, on a blue ground, within a gold mount chased with a laurel border, the matted gold borders chased in two-colour gold with husks, berries and roses, the outer blue enamelled borders interspersed with gold scrolls, bright-cut gold rims, the four side pilasters similarly decorated with gold trophies of music on blue enamel rectangles
2 11/16 in. (69 mm.) wide
Geneva, circa 1780/1790, with 'prestige marks', later struck with a French post-1893 import mark for gold
Oval box, the engine-turned arched coin-pattern panels on cover, sides and base coated with translucent scarlet orange enamel and bordered with opaque white enamel bands, the lid inset with an oval enamel plaque depicting the jugate profiles of a Roman emperor and his wife, on a blue ground, within a gold mount chased with a laurel border, the matted gold borders chased in two-colour gold with husks, berries and roses, the outer blue enamelled borders interspersed with gold scrolls, bright-cut gold rims, the four side pilasters similarly decorated with gold trophies of music on blue enamel rectangles
2 11/16 in. (69 mm.) wide
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