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THE PROPERTY OF A EUROPEAN COLLECTOR
A SWISS JEWELLED ENAMELLED GOLD SNUFF-BOX
GENEVA, CIRCA 1880, STRUCK WITH TWO PARISIAN POST-1838 RESTRICTED WARRANTY MARKS FOR GOLD AND TWO FRENCH EXPORT MARKS FOR GOLD, THE FLANGE STAMPED 3699
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A SWISS JEWELLED ENAMELLED GOLD SNUFF-BOX
GENEVA, CIRCA 1880, STRUCK WITH TWO PARISIAN POST-1838 RESTRICTED WARRANTY MARKS FOR GOLD AND TWO FRENCH EXPORT MARKS FOR GOLD, THE FLANGE STAMPED 3699
oval, the cover, sides and base set with panels of translucent dark-blue enamel on an engine-turned ground, within chased and beaded gold frames with opaque black enamel borders set at intervals with purple enamel flowerheads, chased gold side pilasters, the cover applied with a silver and gold-mounted floral spray set with vari-coloured diamonds
3¾ in. (92 mm.) wide
GENEVA, CIRCA 1880, STRUCK WITH TWO PARISIAN POST-1838 RESTRICTED WARRANTY MARKS FOR GOLD AND TWO FRENCH EXPORT MARKS FOR GOLD, THE FLANGE STAMPED 3699
oval, the cover, sides and base set with panels of translucent dark-blue enamel on an engine-turned ground, within chased and beaded gold frames with opaque black enamel borders set at intervals with purple enamel flowerheads, chased gold side pilasters, the cover applied with a silver and gold-mounted floral spray set with vari-coloured diamonds
3¾ in. (92 mm.) wide
Provenance
Christie's, Geneva, 14 November 1989, lot 143.
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