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PROBABLY GENEVA, CIRCA 1790
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A SWISS JEWELLED GOLD SNUFF-BOX SET WITH A MINIATURE
PROBABLY GENEVA, CIRCA 1790
rectangular box with tapering sides, the cover, sides and base with panels of peaked-pattern engine-turning with vari-colour gold flowers at each corner, the cover set with a later applied glazed octagonal miniature depicting a sailing ship in a stormy sea, within a diamond-set frame with sapphires and rubies at each corner, polished gold rims and scroll thumbpiece
3 1/8 in. (79 mm.) wide
PROBABLY GENEVA, CIRCA 1790
rectangular box with tapering sides, the cover, sides and base with panels of peaked-pattern engine-turning with vari-colour gold flowers at each corner, the cover set with a later applied glazed octagonal miniature depicting a sailing ship in a stormy sea, within a diamond-set frame with sapphires and rubies at each corner, polished gold rims and scroll thumbpiece
3 1/8 in. (79 mm.) wide
Special notice
Items which contain rubies or jadeite originating in Burma (Myanmar) may not be imported into the U.S. Please be advised that a purchasers inability to import any such item into the U.S. or any other country shall not constitute
grounds for non-payment or cancellation of the sale.
With respect to items that contain any other types of gemstones originating
in Burma (e.g., sapphires), such items may be imported into the U.S.,
provided that the gemstones have been mounted or incorporated into jewellery outside of Burma and provided that the setting is not of a temporary nature (e.g., a string).
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Matilda Burn
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