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PROPERTY OF A PRIVATE COLLECTION
A SWISS GOLD SNUFF-BOX
CIRCA 1820
Details
A SWISS GOLD SNUFF-BOX
CIRCA 1820
Rectangular, with canted corners, the cover and base engine-turned, centered with lozenges on a reeded ground, the cover lozenges engraved with Diana and Apollo, the borders engraved with a band of stylized palmettes, the sides with horizontal engine-turned reeding, marked inside base and cover with prestige marks
3¼ in. (11.8 cm.) long
CIRCA 1820
Rectangular, with canted corners, the cover and base engine-turned, centered with lozenges on a reeded ground, the cover lozenges engraved with Diana and Apollo, the borders engraved with a band of stylized palmettes, the sides with horizontal engine-turned reeding, marked inside base and cover with prestige marks
3¼ in. (11.8 cm.) long
Provenance
Christie's, Geneva, 14 May 1996, lot 256