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A SWISS GOLD, ENAMEL AND SPLIT-PEARL SNUFF-BOX
circa 1805
Octagonal, the cover, walls and base with panels of blue guilloché enamel with gold and silver decoration around the edges and bordered by white enamel bands, the corners with vases of flowers, the cover panel painted with a grisille personification of Peace and Plenty, within a split-pearl border, marked inside the cover and base with a crowned R, the bezel stamped with an Austrian import mark - 3½in. (9cm.) long
circa 1805
Octagonal, the cover, walls and base with panels of blue guilloché enamel with gold and silver decoration around the edges and bordered by white enamel bands, the corners with vases of flowers, the cover panel painted with a grisille personification of Peace and Plenty, within a split-pearl border, marked inside the cover and base with a crowned R, the bezel stamped with an Austrian import mark - 3½in. (9cm.) long