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GENEVA, CIRCA 1830/1840
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A SWISS JEWELLED AND ENAMELLED GOLD PURSE
Geneva, circa 1830/1840
Rectangular flattened box with rounded corners shaped as a wallet and hinged at the base, obverse and reverse enamelled in translucent night blue with gold pellets, on an engine-turned diaperwork ground engraved with quatrefoils, the canted tapering borders enamelled with translucent green enamelled trefoils on a translucent red enamelled guilloché band, the hinged trompe-l'oeil clasp with diamond-set pushpiece below a band of multicolour gems, silk-lined interior
2½ in. (64 mm.) high
Geneva, circa 1830/1840
Rectangular flattened box with rounded corners shaped as a wallet and hinged at the base, obverse and reverse enamelled in translucent night blue with gold pellets, on an engine-turned diaperwork ground engraved with quatrefoils, the canted tapering borders enamelled with translucent green enamelled trefoils on a translucent red enamelled guilloché band, the hinged trompe-l'oeil clasp with diamond-set pushpiece below a band of multicolour gems, silk-lined interior
2½ in. (64 mm.) high
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