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A SWISS GOLD AND ENAMEL AUTOMATON SNUFF-BOX
BY SENÉ & DETALLA (FL. C. 1795-1805), MARKED, GENEVA, CIRCA 1800
rectangular with canted corners, the cover, sides and base decorated with fine horizontal reeding and bright-cut engraving of floral vases and trailing foliage, the base engraved with a scene of a harbourside, with a ship and a lighthouse beyond within a circular frame, the cover set with an automaton depicting a water-mill with a running stream and rotating water-wheel, to the left a man sits and catches a fish, to the right a horse lowers his head and drinks from the stream, in the foreground a river-side scene in vari-colour gold depicts a dog and a lamb, the background enamelled with the mill in the foreground and a Swiss mountain scene beyond, in brown leather case stamped 'Bulgari Roma'
3¼ in. (82 mm.) wide