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BY JEAN-GEORGES RÉMOND & CO., MARKED, GENEVA, CIRCA 1800
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A FINE SWISS SPLIT-PEARL SET AND ENAMELLED GOLD SNUFF-BOX
by Jean-Georges Rémond & Co., marked, Geneva, circa 1800
Rectangular box, the cover inset with a rectangular enamel miniature finely painted with a classical scene of a hero wearing a laurel crown presenting a young lady to another, jealous lady, within a split-pearl set gold frame on a black enamelled panel, framed by a gold border cast with a leaves and berries, the panels on four sides and base engine-turned and enamelled in translucent purple, blue and black with a flinqué pattern of zig-zag bands forming squares containing sunburst motives, the four corners enamelled in black, blue and white and engraved with taille d'épargne gold leaves
3 11/16 in. (93 mm.) wide
by Jean-Georges Rémond & Co., marked, Geneva, circa 1800
Rectangular box, the cover inset with a rectangular enamel miniature finely painted with a classical scene of a hero wearing a laurel crown presenting a young lady to another, jealous lady, within a split-pearl set gold frame on a black enamelled panel, framed by a gold border cast with a leaves and berries, the panels on four sides and base engine-turned and enamelled in translucent purple, blue and black with a flinqué pattern of zig-zag bands forming squares containing sunburst motives, the four corners enamelled in black, blue and white and engraved with taille d'épargne gold leaves
3 11/16 in. (93 mm.) wide
Special notice
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