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THE PROPERTY OF A EUROPEAN GENTLEMAN (LOTS 164-181)
A SWISS VARI-COLOUR GOLD SNUFF-BOX
MAKER'S MARK INDISTINCT, GENEVA, CIRCA 1810
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A SWISS VARI-COLOUR GOLD SNUFF-BOX
MAKER'S MARK INDISTINCT, GENEVA, CIRCA 1810
rectangular box with canted corners, the cover, sides and base set with panels of engine-turning with horizontal reeding, chased and engraved with trailing foliage and within vari-colour gold flower-head and foliate borders, the cover centred with a rectangular sablé cartouche chased with a vari-colour gold scene of a garden, with a dog lying on a grassy bank with birds flying over, the side pilasters set with chased classical vases
2½ in. (65 mm.) wide
2¾ oz. (82 gr.)
MAKER'S MARK INDISTINCT, GENEVA, CIRCA 1810
rectangular box with canted corners, the cover, sides and base set with panels of engine-turning with horizontal reeding, chased and engraved with trailing foliage and within vari-colour gold flower-head and foliate borders, the cover centred with a rectangular sablé cartouche chased with a vari-colour gold scene of a garden, with a dog lying on a grassy bank with birds flying over, the side pilasters set with chased classical vases
2½ in. (65 mm.) wide
2¾ oz. (82 gr.)
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