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MAKER'S MARK INDISTINCTLY RUBBED, GENEVA, CIRCA 1780/1800
Details
A SWISS FOUR-COLOUR GOLD SNUFF-BOX
MAKER'S MARK INDISTINCTLY RUBBED, GENEVA, CIRCA 1780/1800
Oval box, the cover, sides and base engine-turned with polished gold flowers and scrolls interspersed on horizontally reeded ground, the lid centred with an octagonal reserve chased in four-colour gold with an allegory of Love against frosted ground, within green gold husked border on sablé ground, the base centred by a scroll-suspended urn, the frosted borders chased with pink and green gold paisley pattern
3 5/8 in. (91 mm.) wide
3 5/8 oz. (104 gr.)
MAKER'S MARK INDISTINCTLY RUBBED, GENEVA, CIRCA 1780/1800
Oval box, the cover, sides and base engine-turned with polished gold flowers and scrolls interspersed on horizontally reeded ground, the lid centred with an octagonal reserve chased in four-colour gold with an allegory of Love against frosted ground, within green gold husked border on sablé ground, the base centred by a scroll-suspended urn, the frosted borders chased with pink and green gold paisley pattern
3 5/8 in. (91 mm.) wide
3 5/8 oz. (104 gr.)
Provenance
Sotheby's, Geneva, 15 November 1995, lot 408.
Special notice
VAT rate of 5% is payable on hammer price and at 15% on the buyer's premium
Brought to you by
Rodney Woolley
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