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GENEVA, CIRCA 1760/1780, BEARING PRESTIGE MARKS INCLUDING ONE RESEMBLING THE CHARGE MARK OF JULIEN BERTHE AND A DATE-LETTER 'P' A CROWN ABOVE
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A SWISS VARI-COLOUR GOLD SNUFF-BOX
Geneva, circa 1760/1780, bearing prestige marks including one resembling the charge mark of Julien Berthe and a date-letter 'P' a crown above
Ingot-shaped box, the lid, four sides and base with panels chased in four-colour gold with scenes of retrievers putting up waterfowl, among flowers and reeds, in the manner of Oudry, against an architectural background adorned with superimposed and woven bands of reeding, within reeded scroll borders
3¼ in. (83 mm.) wide
5 oz. (157 gr.)
Geneva, circa 1760/1780, bearing prestige marks including one resembling the charge mark of Julien Berthe and a date-letter 'P' a crown above
Ingot-shaped box, the lid, four sides and base with panels chased in four-colour gold with scenes of retrievers putting up waterfowl, among flowers and reeds, in the manner of Oudry, against an architectural background adorned with superimposed and woven bands of reeding, within reeded scroll borders
3¼ in. (83 mm.) wide
5 oz. (157 gr.)
Provenance
Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, Geneva, 26 November 1982, lot 129 (to Dreesmann).
Dr Anton C. R. Dreesmann (inventory no. F-136).
Dr Anton C. R. Dreesmann (inventory no. F-136).
Special notice
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