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A JEWELLED GOLD AND ENAMEL SNUFF-BOX
UNMARKED, PROBABLY SWISS, 19TH CENTURY
OVAL, EACH SIDE WITH DEEP BLUE GUILLOCHé ENAMEL PANELS, WITHIN WHITE ENAMEL BANDS, THE COVER SET IN THE CENTRE WITH AN OVAL ENAMEL MINIATURE PORTRAIT OF A LADY IN BLUE DECOLLETé DRESS WITH WHITE LACE BORDER, HER HAIR DRESSED WITH RED RIBBONS, IN DIAMOND FRAME, WITHIN OPALESCENT PINK PELLET AND GREEN SCROLL BORDER, A SIMILAR BORDER AROUND THE BASE OF THE SIDES AND WITH A WIDER BAND OF PELLETS AND FOLIAGE ON STIPPLED GROUND AROUND THE OUTER BORDERS OF THE COVER AND BASE, THE SIDES WITH FOLIAGE SWAGS AT INTERVALS, UNMARKED - 3 1/8IN. (7.9CM.) LONG
UNMARKED, PROBABLY SWISS, 19TH CENTURY
OVAL, EACH SIDE WITH DEEP BLUE GUILLOCHé ENAMEL PANELS, WITHIN WHITE ENAMEL BANDS, THE COVER SET IN THE CENTRE WITH AN OVAL ENAMEL MINIATURE PORTRAIT OF A LADY IN BLUE DECOLLETé DRESS WITH WHITE LACE BORDER, HER HAIR DRESSED WITH RED RIBBONS, IN DIAMOND FRAME, WITHIN OPALESCENT PINK PELLET AND GREEN SCROLL BORDER, A SIMILAR BORDER AROUND THE BASE OF THE SIDES AND WITH A WIDER BAND OF PELLETS AND FOLIAGE ON STIPPLED GROUND AROUND THE OUTER BORDERS OF THE COVER AND BASE, THE SIDES WITH FOLIAGE SWAGS AT INTERVALS, UNMARKED - 3 1/8IN. (7.9CM.) LONG