A GROUP OF THREE SWISS ENAMELLED GOLD ZARFS FOR THE ORIENTAL MARKET

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A GROUP OF THREE SWISS ENAMELLED GOLD ZARFS FOR THE ORIENTAL MARKET
circa 1840

Three plain gold zarfs with wavy rims, one enamelled in translucent red on an engine-turned ground and applied with oval gold reserves chased with trophies, another with black-edged rim, enamelled with flowers in blue cartouches, on gold walls engraved with scrolls, and another with champlevé enamelled flowers and oval reserves depicting architectural subjects on mauve grounds -- between 45 and 57 mm high, chipped (3)

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