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GENEVA, CIRCA 1840
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A SWISS ENAMELLED GOLD SNUFF-BOX FOR THE ORIENTAL MARKET
Geneva, circa 1840
Oval box with scalloped outlines, the cover and base centred with a pink enamelled scalloped reserve painted with trophies of Music on a ground of flowers, within a fluted gold and a white enamel border, surrounded by a blue taille d'épargne band with opaque white, translucent green and red enamelled scrolls and leaves, the lid with overlapping gold border, the sides enamelled with flowersprays within rectangular pink reserves alternating with foliage scrolls on blue enamelled rectangular reserves, all within white enamel borders, scalloped flange
3 7/16 in. (87 mm.) wide
Geneva, circa 1840
Oval box with scalloped outlines, the cover and base centred with a pink enamelled scalloped reserve painted with trophies of Music on a ground of flowers, within a fluted gold and a white enamel border, surrounded by a blue taille d'épargne band with opaque white, translucent green and red enamelled scrolls and leaves, the lid with overlapping gold border, the sides enamelled with flowersprays within rectangular pink reserves alternating with foliage scrolls on blue enamelled rectangular reserves, all within white enamel borders, scalloped flange
3 7/16 in. (87 mm.) wide
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