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PROBABLY GENEVA, CIRCA 1770/1780, WITH PRESTIGE MARKS INCLUDING MAKER'S MARK F B
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A SWISS GOLD SNUFF-BOX WITH SECRET COMPARTMENT
PROBABLY GENEVA, CIRCA 1770/1780, WITH PRESTIGE MARKS INCLUDING MAKER'S MARK F B
oval box, the hinged cover and base engraved with trophies of Music and Hunting within a cartouche flanked by flowers, the sides decorated with lozenges containing trophies and flanked by flowersprays, the front panel engraved with an oval reserve containing trophies of Hunting, the reverse panel similarly decorated on a hinged flap, opened by compressing a gold pin on base, to reveal a glazed panel with gold monogram SGTJIR surmounted by a coronet, flowers below, on a blue velvet ground, the panel opening to reveal secret compartment
2 5/8 in. (67 mm.) wide
PROBABLY GENEVA, CIRCA 1770/1780, WITH PRESTIGE MARKS INCLUDING MAKER'S MARK F B
oval box, the hinged cover and base engraved with trophies of Music and Hunting within a cartouche flanked by flowers, the sides decorated with lozenges containing trophies and flanked by flowersprays, the front panel engraved with an oval reserve containing trophies of Hunting, the reverse panel similarly decorated on a hinged flap, opened by compressing a gold pin on base, to reveal a glazed panel with gold monogram SGTJIR surmounted by a coronet, flowers below, on a blue velvet ground, the panel opening to reveal secret compartment
2 5/8 in. (67 mm.) wide
來源
Christie's, London, 27 November 2007, lot 71.
榮譽呈獻
Amelia Anderson