A SWISS SHALLOW OBLONG GOLD SNUFF-BOX profusely enamelled with brightly coloured flowers on a black ground, circa 1820, lozenge maker's initials I.T. (?), with standard, excise and restricted warranty marks

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A SWISS SHALLOW OBLONG GOLD SNUFF-BOX profusely enamelled with brightly coloured flowers on a black ground, circa 1820, lozenge maker's initials I.T. (?), with standard, excise and restricted warranty marks
7.0cm. long

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INDENTDuring the years following the annexation of the canton of Geneva by Napoleon in 1799 until the restoration of the French monarchy, Swiss goldsmiths adopted the French hallmarking system which included a lozenge-shaped punch for the maker's initials

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