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A SWISS ENAMEL AND GOLD SNUFF-BOX
Geneva, circa 1800, maker's mark crowned "Y"
Rectangular gold box with canted corners, the cover with a blue and black enamelled hexagonal reserve containing a gold plaque engraved with foliage, the borders with blue striped scalloped reserves within festoons, the base with similar borders enclosing a rectangular panel of horizontally reeded guilloché, the sides with identical reeded engine-turning -- 89 mm wide
Geneva, circa 1800, maker's mark crowned "Y"
Rectangular gold box with canted corners, the cover with a blue and black enamelled hexagonal reserve containing a gold plaque engraved with foliage, the borders with blue striped scalloped reserves within festoons, the base with similar borders enclosing a rectangular panel of horizontally reeded guilloché, the sides with identical reeded engine-turning -- 89 mm wide