A SWISS GOLD AND ENAMEL SNUFF-BOX
A SWISS GOLD AND ENAMEL SNUFF-BOX

MAKER'S MARK "GT", NEUCHÂTEL, CIRCA 1820

细节
A SWISS GOLD AND ENAMEL SNUFF-BOX
maker's mark "GT", Neuchâtel, circa 1820
Rectangular box with rounded corners, the cover set with a rectangular enamel plaque depicting Minerva and an attendant holding a laurel crown, admiring a marble head of Alexander the Great on a plinth, within a black enamelled gold frame, bordered by a band of gold foliage interlaced with a ribbon band, against a matted gold background, the base similarly bordered, enclosing a panel with engine-turned diaper pattern, the four side panels decorated with a matted gold band of croissants enclosing leaves
91 mm. (3.5/8 in.) wide

拍品专文

A Swiss gold snuff-box with an identical enamel plaque was sold in these rooms, 17 November 1992, lot 371.