GENEVA, CIRCA 1815, WITH PRESTIGE MARKS, THE ENAMEL PLAQUE ATTRIBUTED TO JEAN-LOUIS RICHTER
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A Swiss enamel and gold Snuff-Box
Geneva, circa 1815, with prestige marks, the enamel plaque attributed to Jean-Louis Richter
Rectangular box with cut corners, the lid inset with a rectangular enamel plaque with cut corners depicting a scene of the Battle of Leipzig in 1813, with Tsar Alexander I of Russia on horseback to the left, within a stylised acanthus gold frieze framed by a blue enamel border, the base and side panels enamelled in translucent blue on a wavy engine-turned ground simulating moiré, that on the base surrounded by a feathered black and white motif on a matted ground, that on the sides surrounded by a horizontal white double stripe, the corners engraved with vertical zig-zags on a matted gold ground
88 mm. (3½ in.) wide
Geneva, circa 1815, with prestige marks, the enamel plaque attributed to Jean-Louis Richter
Rectangular box with cut corners, the lid inset with a rectangular enamel plaque with cut corners depicting a scene of the Battle of Leipzig in 1813, with Tsar Alexander I of Russia on horseback to the left, within a stylised acanthus gold frieze framed by a blue enamel border, the base and side panels enamelled in translucent blue on a wavy engine-turned ground simulating moiré, that on the base surrounded by a feathered black and white motif on a matted ground, that on the sides surrounded by a horizontal white double stripe, the corners engraved with vertical zig-zags on a matted gold ground
88 mm. (3½ in.) wide