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A SWISS ENAMEL AND VARI-COLOUR GOLD SNUFF-BOX
GENEVA, CIRCA 1780, WITH PRESTIGE MARKS
Oval box, the cover, sides and base enamelled en plein with grisaille cartouches depicting, on the cover: four nude young children parodying Sculpture, Drawing and Painting, and on the base: Architecture, the four side cartouches decorated with playful putti in the same technique, the mounts chased in four-colour gold with ribbon-twist and flower sprays, the side pilasters hung with laurel swags
79mm. (3 1/8in.) wide
GENEVA, CIRCA 1780, WITH PRESTIGE MARKS
Oval box, the cover, sides and base enamelled en plein with grisaille cartouches depicting, on the cover: four nude young children parodying Sculpture, Drawing and Painting, and on the base: Architecture, the four side cartouches decorated with playful putti in the same technique, the mounts chased in four-colour gold with ribbon-twist and flower sprays, the side pilasters hung with laurel swags
79mm. (3 1/8in.) wide