A SWISS ENAMELLED GOLD SNUFF-BOX
by Guidon, Rémond & Gide, marked, Geneva, circa 1800, later struck with a French Provincial restricted warranty mark for gold 1809-1819, the enamel by Jean-Louis Richter (1766-1841), signed 'Richter' (lower left)
Shield-shaped box, the cover enamelled en plein with a view of a mountainous seaside landscape with a group of fisherfolk in the foreground, ships in the background, within a white taille d'épargne enamel border surmounted by seladon-green enamelled and engraved leaf borders, the black enamelled outer borders decorated with taille d'épargne gold feathers, the base identically framed and centred by a guilloché zig-zag panel enclosing a lozenge-shaped reserve with foliate scrolls, enamelled in translucent blue, the sides similarly engine-turned and enamelled and divided by four tondi enamelled in black and white and engraved en taille d'épargne with pyramids containing flaming hearts, the lid with bright-cut rims
3½ in. (88 mm.) wide
A SWISS ENAMELLED GOLD SNUFF-BOX
by Guidon, Rémond & Gide, marked, Geneva, circa 1800, later struck with a French Provincial restricted warranty mark for gold 1809-1819, the enamel by Jean-Louis Richter (1766-1841), signed 'Richter' (lower left)
Shield-shaped box, the cover enamelled en plein with a view of a mountainous seaside landscape with a group of fisherfolk in the foreground, ships in the background, within a white taille d'épargne enamel border surmounted by seladon-green enamelled and engraved leaf borders, the black enamelled outer borders decorated with taille d'épargne gold feathers, the base identically framed and centred by a guilloché zig-zag panel enclosing a lozenge-shaped reserve with foliate scrolls, enamelled in translucent blue, the sides similarly engine-turned and enamelled and divided by four tondi enamelled in black and white and engraved en taille d'épargne with pyramids containing flaming hearts, the lid with bright-cut rims
3½ in. (88 mm.) wide
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