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A SWISS VARI-COLOUR GOLD SNUFF-BOX
GENEVA, CIRCA 1830
Rectangular box with convex sides, the cover, sides and base decorated with panels of wavy engine-turning surrounded by bands of trailing foliage in four-colour gold on a matted ground, the cover centred by a hexagonal burnished reserve within a stylized acanthus border, the corners chased with rosettes
76mm. (3in.) wide
(81gr.)
GENEVA, CIRCA 1830
Rectangular box with convex sides, the cover, sides and base decorated with panels of wavy engine-turning surrounded by bands of trailing foliage in four-colour gold on a matted ground, the cover centred by a hexagonal burnished reserve within a stylized acanthus border, the corners chased with rosettes
76mm. (3in.) wide
(81gr.)