BY FRANÇOIS JOANIN, MARKED, GENEVA, CIRCA 1800
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A Swiss enamelled gold Snuff-Box
by François Joanin, marked, Geneva, circa 1800
Rectangular box with cut corners, the cover centred by an enamelled reserve depicting a young couple reclining in a landscape attended by a dog and a young girl with a dove, on an opalescent enamelled radiating sunburst guilloché ground, flanked by two opaque lavender blue enamelled stripes, the upper and lower border of cover and base framed by two horizontal bands of white enamel rosettes within squares on a matted gold ground, the canted corners identically enamelled, the sides and base enamelled in lavender blue alternating with triple gold stripes (cover chipped)
88 mm. (3½ in.) wide
by François Joanin, marked, Geneva, circa 1800
Rectangular box with cut corners, the cover centred by an enamelled reserve depicting a young couple reclining in a landscape attended by a dog and a young girl with a dove, on an opalescent enamelled radiating sunburst guilloché ground, flanked by two opaque lavender blue enamelled stripes, the upper and lower border of cover and base framed by two horizontal bands of white enamel rosettes within squares on a matted gold ground, the canted corners identically enamelled, the sides and base enamelled in lavender blue alternating with triple gold stripes (cover chipped)
88 mm. (3½ in.) wide