A SWISS GOLD AND ENAMEL SNUFF-BOX
late 18th Century
Oval, the cover, sides and base with panels of pink translucent enamel painted with with trees and shrubs in puce, within chased and enamelled foliate and berry borders, the cover with central plaque depicting a scantily clothed lady and her imploring swain at the altar of Love, within a simulated opal pellet border, bearing French marks inside the cover and base, the bezel stamped 831 - 3¼in. (8.1cm.)