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A SWISS GOLD AND ENAMEL PEARL-SET SNUFF BOX
MAKER'S MARK OF FRANCOIS JOANIN, GENEVA, CIRCA 1790
Of oval form, the base, sides and hinged cover with panels of green translucent enamel on a moire ground, with gold and white enamel link borders, the cover set with a border of pearls and centering an oval pearl-set cartouche painted with two maidens sacrificing at the Altar of Love, marked on interior and cover--3 3/8in.(8.7cm.) long, in fitted shagreen case
MAKER'S MARK OF FRANCOIS JOANIN, GENEVA, CIRCA 1790
Of oval form, the base, sides and hinged cover with panels of green translucent enamel on a moire ground, with gold and white enamel link borders, the cover set with a border of pearls and centering an oval pearl-set cartouche painted with two maidens sacrificing at the Altar of Love, marked on interior and cover--3 3/8in.(8.7cm.) long, in fitted shagreen case
Provenance
2nd Duke of Cambridge
Christie's, June 10, 1904, lot 372 (unsold)
and then to Rear-Admiral Adolphus FitzGeorge, son of the vendor
Christie's, June 10, 1904, lot 372 (unsold)
and then to Rear-Admiral Adolphus FitzGeorge, son of the vendor
Exhibited
London, South Kensington Museum, 1862, no. 61