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THE PROPERTY OF A EUROPEAN NOBLEMAN
A SWISS VARI-COLOUR GOLD SEALING-WAX CASE
GENEVA, CIRCA 1780, LATER STRUCK WITH TWO PARISIAN POST-1838 RESTRICTED WARRANTY MARKS FOR GOLD
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A SWISS VARI-COLOUR GOLD SEALING-WAX CASE
GENEVA, CIRCA 1780, LATER STRUCK WITH TWO PARISIAN POST-1838 RESTRICTED WARRANTY MARKS FOR GOLD
slightly tapering étui of oval section, both sides of cover and base engine-turned with peaked-lozenge pattern and centred by oval reserves chased in two-colour gold with trophies of music and gardening on frosted ground and rosettes within reeded borders, the frosted gold borders chased with foliage, the slightly domed cover with a rosette on a sablé ground, blank matrix
4 in. (100 mm.) long
1 oz. (32 gr.)
GENEVA, CIRCA 1780, LATER STRUCK WITH TWO PARISIAN POST-1838 RESTRICTED WARRANTY MARKS FOR GOLD
slightly tapering étui of oval section, both sides of cover and base engine-turned with peaked-lozenge pattern and centred by oval reserves chased in two-colour gold with trophies of music and gardening on frosted ground and rosettes within reeded borders, the frosted gold borders chased with foliage, the slightly domed cover with a rosette on a sablé ground, blank matrix
4 in. (100 mm.) long
1 oz. (32 gr.)
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