A CONTINENTAL VARI-COLORED GOLD AND ENAMEL SNUFFBOX
A CONTINENTAL VARI-COLORED GOLD AND ENAMEL SNUFFBOX

19TH CENTURY

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A CONTINENTAL VARI-COLORED GOLD AND ENAMEL SNUFFBOX
19th Century
Oval, the base and sides with rust colored guilloché enamel enclosing four-color gold chased oval scenic panels within stiff-leaf borders joined by enamelled garlands, the cover set with an enamel plaque probably Swiss, circa 1800 within similar decoration, marked inside cover with spurious marks for J-B Sauvage, Paris, 1762; bezel also struck with French control marks for 1864-1888
36 in. (7.8 cm.) long