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A SWISS SPLIT-PEARL-SET AND ENAMELLED GOLD SNUFF-BOX
GENEVA, CIRCA 1780, WITH PRESTIGE MARKS, NUMBERED 865
Large oval box, the cover, four side panels and base enamelled en plein with grisaille scenes on a lilac ground depicting bacchic scenes, the cover framed by a bands of split-pearls and matted gold stamped with vine, the sides and base bordered by matted gold chased with foliage and enamelled with opalescent beads
85 mm. wide
GENEVA, CIRCA 1780, WITH PRESTIGE MARKS, NUMBERED 865
Large oval box, the cover, four side panels and base enamelled en plein with grisaille scenes on a lilac ground depicting bacchic scenes, the cover framed by a bands of split-pearls and matted gold stamped with vine, the sides and base bordered by matted gold chased with foliage and enamelled with opalescent beads
85 mm. wide
Provenance
Princesse de Broglie Collection;
her sale, Paris, Hôtel Drouot, 21 March 1912, lot 58, sold 6,050 Gold Francs to Mr Leroux de Villiers;
Madame X. Collection;
her sale, Paris, Galerie Georges Petit, 12 May 1939, lot 109, sold 9,500 Francs to Rinck.
her sale, Paris, Hôtel Drouot, 21 March 1912, lot 58, sold 6,050 Gold Francs to Mr Leroux de Villiers;
Madame X. Collection;
her sale, Paris, Galerie Georges Petit, 12 May 1939, lot 109, sold 9,500 Francs to Rinck.