MAKER'S MARK "LFT", GENEVA, CIRCA 1800, BEARING PRESTIGE MARKS INCLUDING A ROSETTE IMITATING THE CHARGE OF JULIEN ALATERRE, DATE-LETTER "K" AND ANOTHER
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A SWISS ENAMELLED GOLD SNUFF-BOX
maker's mark "LFT", Geneva, circa 1800, bearing prestige marks including a rosette imitating the charge of Julien Alaterre, date-letter "K" and another
Rectangular box with canted corners, the cover and base with panels engraved with an engine-turned vertical zig-zag pattern framed by bands of white enamelled basse-taille stylized gold flowers within light-blue enamel bands, the sides enamelled in translucent blue on a similarly engine-turned gold ground bordered with bands of gold foliage paillons, the eight corners with gold pilasters on a light-blue enamelled ground flanking basse-taille gold husks on opaque white enamelled panels
77 mm. (3 in.) wide
maker's mark "LFT", Geneva, circa 1800, bearing prestige marks including a rosette imitating the charge of Julien Alaterre, date-letter "K" and another
Rectangular box with canted corners, the cover and base with panels engraved with an engine-turned vertical zig-zag pattern framed by bands of white enamelled basse-taille stylized gold flowers within light-blue enamel bands, the sides enamelled in translucent blue on a similarly engine-turned gold ground bordered with bands of gold foliage paillons, the eight corners with gold pilasters on a light-blue enamelled ground flanking basse-taille gold husks on opaque white enamelled panels
77 mm. (3 in.) wide