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GENEVA, CIRCA 1790, STRUCK WITH PARIS PRESTIGE MARKS INCLUDING MAKER'S MARK MS CROWNED AND PSEUDO-CHARGE MARKS OF JULIEN ALATERRE AND JEAN-BAPTISTE FOUACHE, PSEUDO-DISCHARGE MARK OF ELOY BRICHARD AND LATER FRENCH CONTROL MARKS
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A SWISS ENAMELLED GOLD SNUFF-BOX
GENEVA, CIRCA 1790, STRUCK WITH PARIS PRESTIGE MARKS INCLUDING MAKER'S MARK MS CROWNED AND PSEUDO-CHARGE MARKS OF JULIEN ALATERRE AND JEAN-BAPTISTE FOUACHE, PSEUDO-DISCHARGE MARK OF ELOY BRICHARD AND LATER FRENCH CONTROL MARKS
rectangular with cut corners, enamelled in sepia tones on reeded gold ground, the cover sides and base with ruins and boating scenes, the cut corners with oval simulated agate panels, the dark blue borders with alternating translucent green and gold paillons
3½ in. (89 mm.) wide
GENEVA, CIRCA 1790, STRUCK WITH PARIS PRESTIGE MARKS INCLUDING MAKER'S MARK MS CROWNED AND PSEUDO-CHARGE MARKS OF JULIEN ALATERRE AND JEAN-BAPTISTE FOUACHE, PSEUDO-DISCHARGE MARK OF ELOY BRICHARD AND LATER FRENCH CONTROL MARKS
rectangular with cut corners, enamelled in sepia tones on reeded gold ground, the cover sides and base with ruins and boating scenes, the cut corners with oval simulated agate panels, the dark blue borders with alternating translucent green and gold paillons
3½ in. (89 mm.) wide
Provenance
Sotheby's, London, 12 November 1998.
Special notice
VAT rate of 5% is payable on hammer price and at 15% on the buyer's premium