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A SWISS ENAMEL AND ENGINE-TURNED GOLD SNUFF-BOX
Geneva, circa 1800, with the Russian "privoznye tovary" (imported goods) mark
Rectangular gold box with cut corners, the cover and base engine-turned with a pattern of reeded stripes alternating with bands of rectangles framed by opaque blue and white enamelled borders, the lid centered by a circular reserve enamelled en plein on an engine-turned concentric ground with three peasants fishing at a river in a mountainous landscape with two castles in the background, opalescent sky ground, framed by a blue-enamelled circle -- 72 mm wide
Geneva, circa 1800, with the Russian "privoznye tovary" (imported goods) mark
Rectangular gold box with cut corners, the cover and base engine-turned with a pattern of reeded stripes alternating with bands of rectangles framed by opaque blue and white enamelled borders, the lid centered by a circular reserve enamelled en plein on an engine-turned concentric ground with three peasants fishing at a river in a mountainous landscape with two castles in the background, opalescent sky ground, framed by a blue-enamelled circle -- 72 mm wide