GENEVA, CIRCA 1830
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A SWISS ENAMELLED GOLD SCENT-BOTTLE FOR THE ORIENTAL MARKET
Geneva, circa 1830
Amphora-shaped gold flask with hinged cap, gold-topped cork stopper and enamelled gold suspension chain, the body with scrolling foliage and flowers partly enamelled in opaque white and engraved en taille d'épargne on an enamelled opaque blue ground, both sides centred by lozenge-shaped reserves of wavy outlines, one painted with a flower bouquet on a guilloché sunburst ground enamelled in translucent red, the other painted with a waterfall landscape on an opalescent enamelled guilloché sunburst ground, within translucent red and green enamelled stylized leaf borders
59 mm. (2.3/8 in.) high
Geneva, circa 1830
Amphora-shaped gold flask with hinged cap, gold-topped cork stopper and enamelled gold suspension chain, the body with scrolling foliage and flowers partly enamelled in opaque white and engraved en taille d'épargne on an enamelled opaque blue ground, both sides centred by lozenge-shaped reserves of wavy outlines, one painted with a flower bouquet on a guilloché sunburst ground enamelled in translucent red, the other painted with a waterfall landscape on an opalescent enamelled guilloché sunburst ground, within translucent red and green enamelled stylized leaf borders
59 mm. (2.3/8 in.) high