GENEVA, CIRCA 1830
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A Swiss enamelled gold Snuff-Box for the Oriental market
Geneva, circa 1830
Oval box with lobed outlines, the cover and base centred with pink enamelled oblong oval reserves, that on the cover painted with trophies of Music and flowers, that on the base with a bouquet of flowers, within white enamel borders, surrounded by radiating panels of trophies of Music and Love on a green ground alternating with panels of flowers on a blue ground, the lobed sides similarly enamelled, lobed flange
79 mm. (3 1/8 in.) wide
Geneva, circa 1830
Oval box with lobed outlines, the cover and base centred with pink enamelled oblong oval reserves, that on the cover painted with trophies of Music and flowers, that on the base with a bouquet of flowers, within white enamel borders, surrounded by radiating panels of trophies of Music and Love on a green ground alternating with panels of flowers on a blue ground, the lobed sides similarly enamelled, lobed flange
79 mm. (3 1/8 in.) wide