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GENEVA, CIRCA 1810
Details
A FINE SWISS GOLD AND ENAMEL SNUFFBOX
Geneva, circa 1810
Rounded rectangular, the cover set with a finely painted plaque depicting Aeneas and his family fleeing from Troy, with figures of Roma holding the infants Romulus and Remus, the cover, sides and base with blue and black guilloché enamel in feather pattern, the cover with indistinct maker's mark; together with original fitted leather case
3 5/8in. (9.4cm.) long
Geneva, circa 1810
Rounded rectangular, the cover set with a finely painted plaque depicting Aeneas and his family fleeing from Troy, with figures of Roma holding the infants Romulus and Remus, the cover, sides and base with blue and black guilloché enamel in feather pattern, the cover with indistinct maker's mark; together with original fitted leather case
3 5/8in. (9.4cm.) long
Provenance
Sotheby's, Geneva, November 16, 1989, lot 156