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THE PROPERTY OF A GENTLEMAN (LOTS 3727-3733)
A SWISS ENAMELLED GOLD SNUFF-BOX
GENEVA, CIRCA 1830
细节
A SWISS ENAMELLED GOLD SNUFF-BOX
GENEVA, CIRCA 1830
shaped-oval box, the cover centred by a wavy reserve enamelled en plein with a harbour scene depicting a sailing ship between two headlands, with a mosque and a city to the right and a fort to the left, the open sea beyond, within a wavy gold and opaque white enamel frame, with a broad opaque sky-blue enamelled band with taille d'épargne scrolling gold foliage and multicolour enamelled flowers and leaves, opaque mauve enamel border and plain gold mount, the sides and base centred by wavy reserves enamelled in translucent gold with bunches of flowers on engine-turned grounds, surrounded by an opaque sky-blue taille d'épargne band chased with gold and enamelled foliage, wavy flange
3½ in. (88 mm.) wide
GENEVA, CIRCA 1830
shaped-oval box, the cover centred by a wavy reserve enamelled en plein with a harbour scene depicting a sailing ship between two headlands, with a mosque and a city to the right and a fort to the left, the open sea beyond, within a wavy gold and opaque white enamel frame, with a broad opaque sky-blue enamelled band with taille d'épargne scrolling gold foliage and multicolour enamelled flowers and leaves, opaque mauve enamel border and plain gold mount, the sides and base centred by wavy reserves enamelled in translucent gold with bunches of flowers on engine-turned grounds, surrounded by an opaque sky-blue taille d'épargne band chased with gold and enamelled foliage, wavy flange
3½ in. (88 mm.) wide
荣誉呈献
David McLachlan