VARIOUS PROPERTIES
A SWISS ENAMELLED GOLD SNUFF-BOX
GENEVA, CIRCA 1780, MAKER'S MARK "P" A CROWN ABOVE
Details
A SWISS ENAMELLED GOLD SNUFF-BOX
Geneva, circa 1780, maker's mark "P" a crown above
Oval box, the cover inset with an oval enamel plaque painted with a Lady playing a sérinette and looking at a bird in a cage, accompanied by a girl holding a garland of flowers, within a landscape painted on an opalescent ground, framed by a wavy band of gold paillon dots interlaced with green enamelled leaves, the cover, base and sides similarly bordered, the four side panels enamelled with gold paillons depicting flower swags on a translucent blue enamelled wavy guilloché ground, cover and base enamelled in translucent dark blue on engine-turned wavy radiating sunburst motifs, the four side pilasters decorated with gold paillons depicting baskets of flowers on a blue enamelled ground
67 mm. (2 5/8 in.) wide
Geneva, circa 1780, maker's mark "P" a crown above
Oval box, the cover inset with an oval enamel plaque painted with a Lady playing a sérinette and looking at a bird in a cage, accompanied by a girl holding a garland of flowers, within a landscape painted on an opalescent ground, framed by a wavy band of gold paillon dots interlaced with green enamelled leaves, the cover, base and sides similarly bordered, the four side panels enamelled with gold paillons depicting flower swags on a translucent blue enamelled wavy guilloché ground, cover and base enamelled in translucent dark blue on engine-turned wavy radiating sunburst motifs, the four side pilasters decorated with gold paillons depicting baskets of flowers on a blue enamelled ground
67 mm. (2 5/8 in.) wide