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GENEVA, CIRCA 1815/1820, MAKER'S MARK 'SC' IN A VERTICAL LOZENGE, THE ENAMEL PLAQUE BY JEAN-LOUIS RICHTER (1766-1841), SIGNED (LOWER RIGHT)
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A SWISS ENAMEL AND GOLD SNUFF-BOX
Geneva, circa 1815/1820, maker's mark 'SC' in a vertical lozenge, the enamel plaque by Jean-Louis Richter (1766-1841), signed (lower right)
Rectangular flattened box with rounded corners, the cover inset with a rectangular enamel plaque finely painted on an opalescent enamelled wavy guilloché sunset ground with a shepherdess seated on a donkey with her cows, goats, sheep and dog, in a lake with mountainous landscape and village in the background, within a cast laurel and berry border, the panels on lid, four sides and base enamelled in opaque blue with a gold taille d'épargne wavy pattern, surrounded by a black enamel band, the four corners at the sides stamped with flowersprays on a rectangular matted gold ground, the base panel with four similar foliage spandrels
3 7/16 in. (88 mm.) wide
Geneva, circa 1815/1820, maker's mark 'SC' in a vertical lozenge, the enamel plaque by Jean-Louis Richter (1766-1841), signed (lower right)
Rectangular flattened box with rounded corners, the cover inset with a rectangular enamel plaque finely painted on an opalescent enamelled wavy guilloché sunset ground with a shepherdess seated on a donkey with her cows, goats, sheep and dog, in a lake with mountainous landscape and village in the background, within a cast laurel and berry border, the panels on lid, four sides and base enamelled in opaque blue with a gold taille d'épargne wavy pattern, surrounded by a black enamel band, the four corners at the sides stamped with flowersprays on a rectangular matted gold ground, the base panel with four similar foliage spandrels
3 7/16 in. (88 mm.) wide
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