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 enamelled with a circular miniature of a couple with attendant sacrificing at the Altar of Love, within radiating opalescent guilloché enamel, on polished gold panel enamelled en basse-taille with clubs at intervals within engraved matted foliate border with similar sides and base
87 mm. (3 3/8 in.) wide
by François Joanin, marked, Geneva, circa 1800
Rectangular box with cut corners, the cover enamelled with a circular miniature of a couple with attendant sacrificing at the Altar of Love, within radiating opalescent guilloché enamel, on polished gold panel enamelled en basse-taille with clubs at intervals within engraved matted foliate border with similar sides and base
87 mm. (3 3/8 in.) wide