GENEVA, CIRCA 1780
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A SWISS GOLD, ENAMEL, AND PEARL-SET SNUFFBOX SET WITH A PORTRAIT OF LOUIS XVI
Geneva, circa 1780
Oval, with panels of blue guilloch enamel bordered by paillons, the hinged cover with scrolling foliate paillons and bordered by pearls, centering a painted porcelain circular plaquette with profile portrait bust of Louis XVI en grisaille; marked inside cover and base with pseudohallmarks for Paris
3.3/8in. (8.4cm.) long
Geneva, circa 1780
Oval, with panels of blue guilloch enamel bordered by paillons, the hinged cover with scrolling foliate paillons and bordered by pearls, centering a painted porcelain circular plaquette with profile portrait bust of Louis XVI en grisaille; marked inside cover and base with pseudohallmarks for Paris
3.3/8in. (8.4cm.) long