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GENEVA, CIRCA 1790, BEARING PRESTIGE MARKS, LATER STRUCK WITH TWO RUBBED MARKS
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A SWISS PARCEL-ENAMELLED GOLD SNUFF-BOX
GENEVA, CIRCA 1790, BEARING PRESTIGE MARKS, LATER STRUCK WITH TWO RUBBED MARKS
oval box, the cover, sides and base engine-turned with reeding and framed by translucent blue enamelled guilloché bands flanked by white opaque enamel bands, the cover inset with a raised cast gold profile of a bearded classical warrior set on a translucent blue guilloché enamel ground within a gold frame, the four side pilasters chased and enamelled en taille d'épargne in blue as urns
3½ in. (84 mm.) wide
GENEVA, CIRCA 1790, BEARING PRESTIGE MARKS, LATER STRUCK WITH TWO RUBBED MARKS
oval box, the cover, sides and base engine-turned with reeding and framed by translucent blue enamelled guilloché bands flanked by white opaque enamel bands, the cover inset with a raised cast gold profile of a bearded classical warrior set on a translucent blue guilloché enamel ground within a gold frame, the four side pilasters chased and enamelled en taille d'épargne in blue as urns
3½ in. (84 mm.) wide
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Mary O'Connell
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