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PROBABLY GENEVA, CIRCA 1800, THE FLANGE STRUCK 3255
Details
A SWISS ENAMELLED GOLD SNUFF-BOX
PROBABLY GENEVA, CIRCA 1800, THE FLANGE STRUCK 3255
rectangular box with rounded corners, the cover, sides and base set with panels of opaque sky-blue enamel within gold and white taille d’épargne enamel frames and borders, the cover centred with a rectangular enamel miniature depicting a couple at an altar of love
2½ in. (65 mm.) wide
PROBABLY GENEVA, CIRCA 1800, THE FLANGE STRUCK 3255
rectangular box with rounded corners, the cover, sides and base set with panels of opaque sky-blue enamel within gold and white taille d’épargne enamel frames and borders, the cover centred with a rectangular enamel miniature depicting a couple at an altar of love
2½ in. (65 mm.) wide
Provenance
Christie's, Geneva, 14 May 1980, lot 491.
Special notice
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