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PROBABLY GENEVA, CIRCA 1780, WITH PRESTIGE MARKS
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A SWISS JEWELLED VARI-COLOUR GOLD SNUFF-BOX SET WITH MINIATURES
probably Geneva, circa 1780, with prestige marks
Rectangular box with canted corners, the cover, sides and base set with glazed miniatures finely painted in watercolour and bodycolour on vellum, depicting playful peasants at various pursuits including fête champêtre and blind man's buff, the two-colour gold cagework chased with foliate swags, wavescrolls and reeded columns, the pierced foliate silver thumbpiece studded with rose-cut diamonds
80 mm. (3.1/8 in.) wide
probably Geneva, circa 1780, with prestige marks
Rectangular box with canted corners, the cover, sides and base set with glazed miniatures finely painted in watercolour and bodycolour on vellum, depicting playful peasants at various pursuits including fête champêtre and blind man's buff, the two-colour gold cagework chased with foliate swags, wavescrolls and reeded columns, the pierced foliate silver thumbpiece studded with rose-cut diamonds
80 mm. (3.1/8 in.) wide