Lot Essay
For a box with identical marks, see lot 179.
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GENEVA, CIRCA 1800, WITH PRESTIGE MARKS, THE FLANGE STRUCK WITH INVENTORY NO. '3949'
Details
A SWISS ENAMELLED GOLD SNUFF-BOX
Geneva, circa 1800, with prestige marks, the flange struck with inventory no. '3949'
Rectangular gold box with rounded corners, the cover, four sides and base engine-turned with a chequer pattern within fluted gold and blue enamelled borders, the outer borders enamelled in opaque white and engraved with a band of linked ovals en taille d'épargne, the cover centred by a blue-bordered hemispherical reserve painted en plein on a reeded concentrical engine-turned ground with a scene of a gallant and lady under a tree in a mountainous riverside landscape with opalescent oyster-pink sky, bright-cut gold rims with incorporated very slightly raised thumbpiece
2 13/16 in. (72 mm.) wide
Geneva, circa 1800, with prestige marks, the flange struck with inventory no. '3949'
Rectangular gold box with rounded corners, the cover, four sides and base engine-turned with a chequer pattern within fluted gold and blue enamelled borders, the outer borders enamelled in opaque white and engraved with a band of linked ovals en taille d'épargne, the cover centred by a blue-bordered hemispherical reserve painted en plein on a reeded concentrical engine-turned ground with a scene of a gallant and lady under a tree in a mountainous riverside landscape with opalescent oyster-pink sky, bright-cut gold rims with incorporated very slightly raised thumbpiece
2 13/16 in. (72 mm.) wide
Provenance
A Gentleman; Christie's, London, 19 June 1973, lot 172.
Special notice
VAT rate of 5% is payable on hammer price plus buyer's premium