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PROBABLY SWISS, RETAILED IN PARIS, 1848-1852
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A CONTINENTAL GOLD, ENAMEL AND GEM-SET SNUFF BOX
PROBABLY SWISS, RETAILED IN PARIS, 1848-1852
Rectangular, the blue guilloché enamel cover applied with diamond-set initial and crown of Napoleon III between four pastes, the sides and base with champlevé enamel strapwork and arabesques with engraved detail, cover bezel with engraved signature G. Lemonnier, Joaillier de Mon[seigner] le Prince Président
3 3/8 in. (8.6 cm.) long
PROBABLY SWISS, RETAILED IN PARIS, 1848-1852
Rectangular, the blue guilloché enamel cover applied with diamond-set initial and crown of Napoleon III between four pastes, the sides and base with champlevé enamel strapwork and arabesques with engraved detail, cover bezel with engraved signature G. Lemonnier, Joaillier de Mon[seigner] le Prince Président
3 3/8 in. (8.6 cm.) long
Provenance
Sotheby's, Geneva, 26 November 1982, lot 149