A SWISS GOLD SNUFF-BOX SET WITH AN ENAMEL PLAQUE
A SWISS GOLD SNUFF-BOX SET WITH AN ENAMEL PLAQUE

GENEVA, CIRCA 1815/1820, LATER STRUCK WITH TWO FRENCH IMPORT MARKS FOR GOLD 1864-1893

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A SWISS GOLD SNUFF-BOX SET WITH AN ENAMEL PLAQUE
GENEVA, CIRCA 1815/1820, LATER STRUCK WITH TWO FRENCH IMPORT MARKS FOR GOLD 1864-1893
oval gold box, the cover set with an enamel miniature of a sleeping nude child observed by two other children, within chased gold and blue enamel fillet border, the sides chased with scrolls and trailing foliage, the base with shaped hexagonal reserve engraved with a flowerspray on engine-turning, surrounded by six trophies, wavy flange and rims
2½ in. (64 mm.) wide

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