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A SWISS GOLD AND ENAMEL SNUFF BOX
MAKER'S MARK OF FRANÇOIS JOANIN, GENEVA, CIRCA 1800
Canted rectangular, the base and sides with blue enamel panels and white enamel and gold foliate border, the hinged enamelled cover with pink roses on a blue ground, the corners with white and gold rays and with a painted scene of young lovers with chaperones in a landscape, against an opalescent sky, marked on interior base and cover 3¾in. (9.5cm.) long
MAKER'S MARK OF FRANÇOIS JOANIN, GENEVA, CIRCA 1800
Canted rectangular, the base and sides with blue enamel panels and white enamel and gold foliate border, the hinged enamelled cover with pink roses on a blue ground, the corners with white and gold rays and with a painted scene of young lovers with chaperones in a landscape, against an opalescent sky, marked on interior base and cover 3¾in. (9.5cm.) long