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A SWISS ENAMELLED GOLD SNUFF-BOX
Geneva circa 1790/1800, bearing prestige marks
Rectangular box with cut corners, all sides enamelled in translucent blue on a striped engine-turned ground and bordered by fine gold paillons and white enamel stripes, the cover decorated with two oval reserves enamelled in translucent pink and depicting girls holding flower garlands, en grisaille, flanking a central reserve representing a lady observing a slumbering putto, also en grisaille on a pink ground -- 97 mm wide
Geneva circa 1790/1800, bearing prestige marks
Rectangular box with cut corners, all sides enamelled in translucent blue on a striped engine-turned ground and bordered by fine gold paillons and white enamel stripes, the cover decorated with two oval reserves enamelled in translucent pink and depicting girls holding flower garlands, en grisaille, flanking a central reserve representing a lady observing a slumbering putto, also en grisaille on a pink ground -- 97 mm wide