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GENEVA, CIRCA 1840
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A SWISS JEWELLED AND ENAMELLED GOLD SNUFF-BOX FOR THE ORIENTAL MARKET
Geneva, circa 1840
Shuttle-shaped box with lobed outlines, the cover centred with an oval translucent red guilloché enamel plaque applied with mirrored letter P and cypher I studded with old-cut and rose-cut diamonds, within an old-cut diamond border, on a blue enamel panel with translucent red border, set with a pierced leaf and berry wreath mounted with rubies and rose-cut diamonds, the lobed sides enamelled with rectangular panels of flowersprays on translucent red grounds alternating with foliage on opaque turquoise blue rectangles, the base centred with a shaped reserve of translucent red guilloché enamel painted with trophies of Music, within a wavy opaque turquoise blue enamel band with champlevé foliage and scrolls
33/8 in. (85 mm.) wide
Geneva, circa 1840
Shuttle-shaped box with lobed outlines, the cover centred with an oval translucent red guilloché enamel plaque applied with mirrored letter P and cypher I studded with old-cut and rose-cut diamonds, within an old-cut diamond border, on a blue enamel panel with translucent red border, set with a pierced leaf and berry wreath mounted with rubies and rose-cut diamonds, the lobed sides enamelled with rectangular panels of flowersprays on translucent red grounds alternating with foliage on opaque turquoise blue rectangles, the base centred with a shaped reserve of translucent red guilloché enamel painted with trophies of Music, within a wavy opaque turquoise blue enamel band with champlevé foliage and scrolls
33/8 in. (85 mm.) wide