A SWISS ENAMELLED GOLD SNUFF-BOX FOR THE ORIENTAL MARKET
A SWISS ENAMELLED GOLD SNUFF-BOX FOR THE ORIENTAL MARKET

GENEVA, CIRCA 1840

細節
A SWISS ENAMELLED GOLD SNUFF-BOX FOR THE ORIENTAL MARKET
Geneva, circa 1840
Oval, the cover with an oblong reserve painted with harbor scene with ship in full sail in an architectural landscape on a guilloch sun-burst pink ground, surrounded by an opaque turquoise band with gold foliage, the sides and base with oblong wavy reserves, painted on the sides with floral sprays and, on the base, in pink opaque enamel, maker's mark indistinct and marked with French control mark on cover bezel
3in. (8.2cm.) long
來源
The Estate of Franois Coty