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GENEVA, CIRCA 1820, WITH PRESTIGE MARKS, THE MINIATURE SIGNED WITH MONOGRAM 'EM'
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A SWISS ENAMELLED GOLD SNUFF-BOX SET WITH A MINIATURE
Geneva, circa 1820, with prestige marks, the miniature signed with monogram 'EM'
Rectangular box with canted corners, the cover centred with an arched portrait miniature of a young child leaning on its crossed arms next to a basket of flowers, within a black enamelled enamel rim on an engine-turned octagonal ground within an engine-turned border, the outer border enamelled in black on a champlevé ground of trailing foliage, each of the four sides with a hemicycle of reed on a frosted ground, the sides and base similarly engine-turned and enamelled, all within white enamel bands
36 in. (84 mm.) wide
Geneva, circa 1820, with prestige marks, the miniature signed with monogram 'EM'
Rectangular box with canted corners, the cover centred with an arched portrait miniature of a young child leaning on its crossed arms next to a basket of flowers, within a black enamelled enamel rim on an engine-turned octagonal ground within an engine-turned border, the outer border enamelled in black on a champlevé ground of trailing foliage, each of the four sides with a hemicycle of reed on a frosted ground, the sides and base similarly engine-turned and enamelled, all within white enamel bands
36 in. (84 mm.) wide