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GENEVA, CIRCA 1780
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A SWISS GOLD AND ENAMEL SNUFF-BOX
GENEVA, CIRCA 1780
Oval, the base, cover and sides with blue guilloché enamel panels within matted gold and enamel foliate borders, the cover centering an oval painted enamel plaque with maidens draping a garland around a sculpture of Eros, marked inside cover and base with pseudohallmarks imitating Paris hallmarks for 1778, the bezel with later French control marks
3¼ in. ( cm.) long
GENEVA, CIRCA 1780
Oval, the base, cover and sides with blue guilloché enamel panels within matted gold and enamel foliate borders, the cover centering an oval painted enamel plaque with maidens draping a garland around a sculpture of Eros, marked inside cover and base with pseudohallmarks imitating Paris hallmarks for 1778, the bezel with later French control marks
3¼ in. ( cm.) long