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BY ANDRÉ MAGNIN, MARKED, GENEVA UNDER FRENCH OCCUPATION, CIRCA 1805/1809, WITH THE RESTRICTED WARRANTY MARK FOR GOLD, FRENCH DEPARTMENTS 1798-1809 AND THE SMALL CENSUS MARK FOR GOLD, FRENCH DEPARTMENTS 1809-1819, LATER STRUCK WITH TWO PARISIAN POST-1838 RESTRICTED WARRANTY MARKS OR GOLD
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A SWISS GOLD SNUFF-BOX
by André Magnin, marked, Geneva under French occupation, circa 1805/1809, with the restricted warranty mark for gold, French Departments 1798-1809 and the small census mark for gold, French Departments 1809-1819, later struck with two Parisian post-1838 restricted warranty marks or gold
Octagonal curved box of pocket-fitting shape, the slightly tapering cover and base engine-turned with a reeded sunburst motif radiating from an off-centre eye-shaped blank reserve on the cover and from a half-moon-shaped reeded reserve on the base, the four sides with horizontal reeding, the four corners stamped with stylized rosettes in a lozenge framed by diagonal reeding, all framed by flutes, the matted gold borders stamped with trailing foliage and stylized rosettes
3 3/8 in. (86 mm.) wide
2¾ oz. (82 gr.)
by André Magnin, marked, Geneva under French occupation, circa 1805/1809, with the restricted warranty mark for gold, French Departments 1798-1809 and the small census mark for gold, French Departments 1809-1819, later struck with two Parisian post-1838 restricted warranty marks or gold
Octagonal curved box of pocket-fitting shape, the slightly tapering cover and base engine-turned with a reeded sunburst motif radiating from an off-centre eye-shaped blank reserve on the cover and from a half-moon-shaped reeded reserve on the base, the four sides with horizontal reeding, the four corners stamped with stylized rosettes in a lozenge framed by diagonal reeding, all framed by flutes, the matted gold borders stamped with trailing foliage and stylized rosettes
3 3/8 in. (86 mm.) wide
2¾ oz. (82 gr.)
Special notice
No VAT will be charged on the hammer price, but VAT at 17.5% will be added to the buyer's premium which is invoiced on a VAT inclusive basis.