A SWISS ENAMELLED SILVER-GILT PLATED TELESCOPE
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A SWISS ENAMELLED SILVER-GILT PLATED TELESCOPE

PROBABLY GENEVA, CIRCA 1800

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A SWISS ENAMELLED SILVER-GILT PLATED TELESCOPE
PROBABLY GENEVA, circa 1800
circular telescope with five tapering tiers, the cover enamelled in transluscent blue with gold paillons and circles of opaque white enamel; together with a rectangular silver-gilt snuff-box, with lacquer miniature of a lovers tryst set in lid, the sides and base engine-turned with horizontal reeding and foliage, foliate thumbpiece, Austrian, possibly Brno, circa 1830
the telescope 1 3/8 in. (35 mm.) diam., the box 3 1/16 in. (78 mm.) wide (2)
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