A SWISS PARCEL-ENAMELLED GOLD SNUFF-BOX
BY FRANÇOIS JOANIN, MARKED, GENEVA, CIRCA 1800, WITH PRESTIGE MARKS, THE FLANGE STRUCK WITH INVENTORY NUMBER 5639
Octagonal box, the cover centred with a lozenge-shaped scene of two young lovers seated with a dog in a riverside landscape, the base and sides engraved and enamelled with blue stripes framed with opaque enamel band
3½ in. (89 mm.) wide
A SWISS PARCEL-ENAMELLED GOLD SNUFF-BOX
BY FRANÇOIS JOANIN, MARKED, GENEVA, CIRCA 1800, WITH PRESTIGE MARKS, THE FLANGE STRUCK WITH INVENTORY NUMBER 5639
Octagonal box, the cover centred with a lozenge-shaped scene of two young lovers seated with a dog in a riverside landscape, the base and sides engraved and enamelled with blue stripes framed with opaque enamel band
3½ in. (89 mm.) wide