A CONTINENTAL ROCOCO-STYLE JEWELLED ENAMELLED GOLD-MOUNTED HARDSTONE SCENT-BOTTLE AND SNUFF-BOX
A CONTINENTAL ROCOCO-STYLE JEWELLED ENAMELLED GOLD-MOUNTED HARDSTONE SCENT-BOTTLE AND SNUFF-BOX

PROBABLY GERMAN, CIRCA 1850

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A CONTINENTAL ROCOCO-STYLE JEWELLED ENAMELLED GOLD-MOUNTED HARDSTONE SCENT-BOTTLE AND SNUFF-BOX
PROBABLY GERMAN, CIRCA 1850
of reddish-brown agate and in the form of a Rococo lady, the neck with white enamel band inscribed 'Pensez a mois [sic]', set at intervals with small rose-cut diamonds, the hinged base overlaid with pierced gold cagework
6 in. (149 mm.) high
Provenance
Christie's, Geneva, 19 November 1980, lot 318.

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