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GENEVA, CIRCA 1780, MASTER "LFT", MARKED, WITH PRESTIGE MARKS
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A SWISS ENAMELLED GOLD SNUFF-BOX
Geneva, circa 1780, master "LFT", marked, with prestige marks
Oval box, the panels on cover, sides and base coated with opaque lavender blue enamel and bordered with translucent night blue enamel bands encrusted with paillons forming trailing gold foliage intertwined with blue grapes, the lid centred with an oval enamel plaque painted with Dido and Aeneas, within a bright-cut gold mount
3 in. (82 mm.) wide
Geneva, circa 1780, master "LFT", marked, with prestige marks
Oval box, the panels on cover, sides and base coated with opaque lavender blue enamel and bordered with translucent night blue enamel bands encrusted with paillons forming trailing gold foliage intertwined with blue grapes, the lid centred with an oval enamel plaque painted with Dido and Aeneas, within a bright-cut gold mount
3 in. (82 mm.) wide