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PROBABLY GENEVA, CIRCA 1810
Details
A SWISS PARCEL-ENAMELLED GOLD SNUFF-BOX
PROBABLY GENEVA, CIRCA 1810
rectangular box with rounded corners, the cover inset with a sablé gold panel chased with the raised head of an emperor within chased frames with fruiting vines and taille d’épargne blue enamel border, the sablé sides and base panels similarly chased and within opaque blue enamel frames
3½ in. (87 mm.) wide
PROBABLY GENEVA, CIRCA 1810
rectangular box with rounded corners, the cover inset with a sablé gold panel chased with the raised head of an emperor within chased frames with fruiting vines and taille d’épargne blue enamel border, the sablé sides and base panels similarly chased and within opaque blue enamel frames
3½ in. (87 mm.) wide
Provenance
Christie's, Geneva, 25 April 1978, lot 269.
Special notice
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