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MAKER'S MARK BM, PROBABLY FOR BAUTTE & MOYNIER, GENEVA CIRCA 1826-1831
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A SWISS ENAMELLED GOLD SNUFF-BOX
MAKER'S MARK BM, PROBABLY FOR BAUTTE & MOYNIER, GENEVA CIRCA 1826-1831
Rectangular box with rounded corners, the cover, base and waisted sides all over taille d'épargne enamelled in translucent blue, the cover and base centred with gold rosettes radiating scrolling foliage, the sides with gold acanthus border, slightly raised incorporated thumbpiece
3 3/8 in. (85 mm.) wide
MAKER'S MARK BM, PROBABLY FOR BAUTTE & MOYNIER, GENEVA CIRCA 1826-1831
Rectangular box with rounded corners, the cover, base and waisted sides all over taille d'épargne enamelled in translucent blue, the cover and base centred with gold rosettes radiating scrolling foliage, the sides with gold acanthus border, slightly raised incorporated thumbpiece
3 3/8 in. (85 mm.) wide
Literature
Albert Edward John, 7th Earl Spencer (1892-1975), Catalogue of Snuff Boxes at Althorp, 1937, no. 33.
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