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A SWISS GOLD AND ENAMEL SNUFF BOX
GENEVA, CIRCA 1790, MAKER'S MARK OF GEORGES REMOND
Of rectangular form with canted corners, the base and sides with blue enamel panels with pales and geometric decoration enclosed by panels of black enamel with foliage and alternating panels of engraved stylized foliage on a matted ground and black enamel seme with circles, the hinged cover with similar decoration and set with an oval enamel scene of a classical woman and her children praying at an altar, marked on interior base and cover--3 1/2in. (8.9cm.) long
GENEVA, CIRCA 1790, MAKER'S MARK OF GEORGES REMOND
Of rectangular form with canted corners, the base and sides with blue enamel panels with pales and geometric decoration enclosed by panels of black enamel with foliage and alternating panels of engraved stylized foliage on a matted ground and black enamel seme with circles, the hinged cover with similar decoration and set with an oval enamel scene of a classical woman and her children praying at an altar, marked on interior base and cover--3 1/2in. (8.9cm.) long