GENEVA, CIRCA 1820, WITH PRESTIGE MARKS
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A Swiss two-colour gold Snuff-Box
Geneva, circa 1820, with prestige marks
Rectangular box of oblong section, the cover and base decorated with panels of engine-turning, within borders of engraved stylised flowers, the left and right hand sides with identical engine-turning, the bombé front and rear sides engraved with horizontal zig-zag motifs on a vertically reeded ground
71 mm. (2¾ in.) wide
(69 gr.)
Geneva, circa 1820, with prestige marks
Rectangular box of oblong section, the cover and base decorated with panels of engine-turning, within borders of engraved stylised flowers, the left and right hand sides with identical engine-turning, the bombé front and rear sides engraved with horizontal zig-zag motifs on a vertically reeded ground
71 mm. (2¾ in.) wide
(69 gr.)