PROPERTY FROM A DISTINGUISHED EUROPEAN COLLECTION
A FINE SWISS GOLD, ENAMEL AND GEM-SET SNUFFBOX
MARK OF GEORGES REMOND & COMPAGNIE, GENEVA, CIRCA 1830
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A FINE SWISS GOLD, ENAMEL AND GEM-SET SNUFFBOX
MARK OF GEORGES REMOND & COMPAGNIE, GENEVA, CIRCA 1830
Canted rectangular, the cover set with a tughra of split pearls between two flowersprays of rubies, emeralds, sapphires and diamonds, the inside of cover finely painted with a scene of the Bosphorus against a guilloché opalescent enamel sky and framed by gold drapery, the base painted with a flowerbasket against a pale green ground, marked inside cover bezel with Georges Rémond's mark in a lozenge and another mark PC script in an oval; the outer bezel struck with a pseudo décharge mark; the inside base with pseudo London hallmarks
3 5/8 in. (9.3 cm.) long
MARK OF GEORGES REMOND & COMPAGNIE, GENEVA, CIRCA 1830
Canted rectangular, the cover set with a tughra of split pearls between two flowersprays of rubies, emeralds, sapphires and diamonds, the inside of cover finely painted with a scene of the Bosphorus against a guilloché opalescent enamel sky and framed by gold drapery, the base painted with a flowerbasket against a pale green ground, marked inside cover bezel with Georges Rémond's mark in a lozenge and another mark PC script in an oval; the outer bezel struck with a pseudo décharge mark; the inside base with pseudo London hallmarks
3 5/8 in. (9.3 cm.) long
Sale room notice
The tughra is probably that of Sultan Mahmud II (1808-1839).
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