PROPERTY FROM A DISTINGUISHED EUROPEAN COLLECTION
A SWISS GOLD, ENAMEL AND GEM-SET SNUFFBOX
MAKER'S MARK LG, GENEVA, CIRCA 1830
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A SWISS GOLD, ENAMEL AND GEM-SET SNUFFBOX
MAKER'S MARK LG, GENEVA, CIRCA 1830
Scalloped oval, the cover set circa 1860 with an openwork trellis of rubies and diamonds centering a diamond-set Turkish crescent and star, the interior cover and the base each with radiating flower-painted panels centering scenes of the Bosphorus against a guilloché opalescent sky, the interior cover probably the original top cover turned over, the interior base marked three times with maker's mark and standard mark 18K
3 5/8 in. (9.3 cm.) long
MAKER'S MARK LG, GENEVA, CIRCA 1830
Scalloped oval, the cover set circa 1860 with an openwork trellis of rubies and diamonds centering a diamond-set Turkish crescent and star, the interior cover and the base each with radiating flower-painted panels centering scenes of the Bosphorus against a guilloché opalescent sky, the interior cover probably the original top cover turned over, the interior base marked three times with maker's mark and standard mark 18K
3 5/8 in. (9.3 cm.) long
Sale room notice
This lot sold Sotheby's, New York, Jewels from the Estate of Betsey Cushing Whitney, 19 October 1998, lot 28.
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