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THE PROPERTY OF A GENTLEMAN
A SWISS ENAMELLED GOLD SNUFF-BOX SET WITH A MICROMOSAIC PLAQUE
THE BOX PROBABLY GENEVA, CIRCA 1810, THE MICROMOSAIC, ROME, CIRCA 1815
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A SWISS ENAMELLED GOLD SNUFF-BOX SET WITH A MICROMOSAIC PLAQUE
THE BOX PROBABLY GENEVA, CIRCA 1810, THE MICROMOSAIC, ROME, CIRCA 1815
rectangular box with rounded corners, the sides and base set with panels of dark-blue enamel flecked with gold accents between slightly raised chased foliate sablé gold outer borders with column pilasters, the cover centred with a micromosaic plaque depicting the Coliseum in Rome within a blue enamel frame and similar chased outer gold border
3½ in. (88 mm.) wide
THE BOX PROBABLY GENEVA, CIRCA 1810, THE MICROMOSAIC, ROME, CIRCA 1815
rectangular box with rounded corners, the sides and base set with panels of dark-blue enamel flecked with gold accents between slightly raised chased foliate sablé gold outer borders with column pilasters, the cover centred with a micromosaic plaque depicting the Coliseum in Rome within a blue enamel frame and similar chased outer gold border
3½ in. (88 mm.) wide
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David McLachlan