GENEVA, CIRCA 1830
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A SWISS ENAMELLED GOLD SNUFF-BOX FOR THE ORIENTAL MARKET
Geneva, circa 1830
Oval box, the cover and base centred by mandorla-shaped reserves with wavy outlines enamelled with trophies of Music and Love and with flowers on a light-blue ground, surrounded by opaque pastel green bands engraved en taille d'épargne with scrolling foliage partly enamelled in blue and white, the sides similarly decorated, wavy flange
74 mm. (2 7/8 in.) wide
Geneva, circa 1830
Oval box, the cover and base centred by mandorla-shaped reserves with wavy outlines enamelled with trophies of Music and Love and with flowers on a light-blue ground, surrounded by opaque pastel green bands engraved en taille d'épargne with scrolling foliage partly enamelled in blue and white, the sides similarly decorated, wavy flange
74 mm. (2 7/8 in.) wide
Provenance
According to oral family tradition, given by Princess Grace of Monaco to her nurse.