Lot Essay
The marks on this box are the same as those on a box in the Louvre, illustrated in S. Grandjean, Les tabatières du musée du Louvre, Paris, 1981, p. 442, no. 537.
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MAKER'S MARK P C, GENEVA, CIRCA 1810, STRUCK WITH INVENTORY NO. 204
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A SWISS JEWELLED GOLD SNUFF-BOX
MAKER'S MARK P C, GENEVA, CIRCA 1810, STRUCK WITH INVENTORY NO. 204
pocket-shaped box with rounded corners, the cover, sides and base with panels of roundel-pattern engine-turning, the cover centred with an oval cast and chased medallion on frosted gold ground and later set with four emeralds, one at each corner, with raised chased foliate borders and thumbpiece
3¼ in. (83 mm.) wide
MAKER'S MARK P C, GENEVA, CIRCA 1810, STRUCK WITH INVENTORY NO. 204
pocket-shaped box with rounded corners, the cover, sides and base with panels of roundel-pattern engine-turning, the cover centred with an oval cast and chased medallion on frosted gold ground and later set with four emeralds, one at each corner, with raised chased foliate borders and thumbpiece
3¼ in. (83 mm.) wide
Provenance
Finarte, Milan, 21 October 1991, lot 458.
Brought to you by
Tom Johans
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