Lot 155
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A SWISS VARI-COLORED GOLD AND ENAMEL SNUFF BOX

Details
A SWISS VARI-COLORED GOLD AND ENAMEL SNUFF BOX
GENEVA, CIRCA 1810, THE SCENE SIGNED B. PX.

Of oblong form, the base, sides and hinged cover chased with panels of engine-turning bordered by foliate scrolls and anthemion, the cover chased with a border of trailing foliage enclosing an enamelled scene of Dresden, marked on interior with prestige marks--3½in.(9cm.) long
Literature
Henry & Sidney Berry-Hill, Antique Gold Boxes, 1953, illus. fig. 142.

Lot Essay

The enamelist B., whose work is of the highest quality,produced outstanding views of a number of Northern European cities including a box similar to the present example set with a scene of Elsinore Castle sold in these Rooms, April 18, 1991, lot 165. A gold vbox with a scene of Lotte and his daughters, also signed B., was sold by Christie's, Geneva, November 11, 1986, lot 401.