PROPERTY FROM THE ESTATE OF
THE LATE LUCIENNE ARPELS
SOLD BY ORDER OF THE EXECUTORS
A SWISS ENAMELLED GOLD PILL-BOX
PROBABLY GENEVA, CIRCA 1780
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A SWISS ENAMELLED GOLD PILL-BOX
probably Geneva, circa 1780
Circular box, the hinged cover enamelled with a tondo depicting a young Lady wearing a hat, within plain gold border, surrounded by eight radiating trapez-shaped panels enamelled with flowers on a blue ground, divided by eight bands engraved with laurel-leaves, the sides and base of burnished gold framed by scalework borders
38 mm. (1½ in.) diam.
probably Geneva, circa 1780
Circular box, the hinged cover enamelled with a tondo depicting a young Lady wearing a hat, within plain gold border, surrounded by eight radiating trapez-shaped panels enamelled with flowers on a blue ground, divided by eight bands engraved with laurel-leaves, the sides and base of burnished gold framed by scalework borders
38 mm. (1½ in.) diam.