Details
Rectangulaire aux coins arrondis décoré de panneaux guillochés d'un motif arlequin entouré d'une frise de postes émaillée en bleu ciel, le couvercle ciselé au centre d'un losange figurant une fontaine et un buisson sur fond sablé, sur le fond un losange centré d'une panier de fruits, poinçons dans le couvercle et le fond: maître-orfèvre deux fois; sur la gorge: contrôle français postérieur
L.: 6.9 cm. (212 in.)
Poids brut: 40 gr. (1 oz. 5 dwt.)
Provenance
Vente Sotheby's, 10 juillet 1990, lot 51.
FURTHER DETAILS
A SWISS GOLD AND ENAMEL TOOTHPICK CASE
GENEVA, CIRCA 1790, MAKER'S MARK POSSIBLY IC
Rectangular, engine-turned ground of Harlequin pattern, the lid engraved with a fountain within a lozenge, within a border of C-scrolls enamel in pale blue, marked in cover and base with maker's mark twice; on flange with later French control mark
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