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GENEVA, CIRCA 1820, WITH LATER FRENCH CONTROL MARKS
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A SWISS ENAMEL AND VARI-COLOUR GOLD SNUFF-BOX
Geneva, circa 1820, with later French control marks
Rectangular box, the cover centred with a horizontal oval enamel plaque depicting a young couple holding a score and seated in a Swiss lakescape, within a stylised acanthus gold border, on a matted gold panel adorned with three-colour gold scrolling foliage, the sides stamped with a floral wavescroll band on a matted ground and horizontal engine-turning, the corners of the sides stamped with rectangles containing four stylised acanthus leaves, the base with a rectangular panel of horizontal engine-turning framed by broad engine-turning bands forming a zig-zag pattern, with pine-cone spandrels in the corners
3½ in. (89 mm.) wide
Geneva, circa 1820, with later French control marks
Rectangular box, the cover centred with a horizontal oval enamel plaque depicting a young couple holding a score and seated in a Swiss lakescape, within a stylised acanthus gold border, on a matted gold panel adorned with three-colour gold scrolling foliage, the sides stamped with a floral wavescroll band on a matted ground and horizontal engine-turning, the corners of the sides stamped with rectangles containing four stylised acanthus leaves, the base with a rectangular panel of horizontal engine-turning framed by broad engine-turning bands forming a zig-zag pattern, with pine-cone spandrels in the corners
3½ in. (89 mm.) wide