Details
Rectangulaire de forme concave, émaillée en noir opaque sur un fond en or ciselé d’arabesques feuillagées et de grotesques, avec un bouton-poussoir incurvé, poinçon sur la gorge: ville de Genève et contrôle hollandais (1814-1831), également au fond
L. 7.8 cm. (3 1/16in.)
Poids brut: 85 gr. (2 oz. 73 dwt.)
Provenance
Vente Christie's, Londres, 14 mai 1996, lot 254.
FURTHER DETAILS
A SWISS ENAMELLED GOLD SNUFF-BOX
MARK OF GENEVA, CIRCA 1815
Rectangular box of concave pocket-fitting shape, enamelled in opaque black on a champlevé gold ground elaborately engraved with foliate arabesques and grotesques, with raised thumbpiece, marked on flange with Geneva mark and later Dutch control mark 1814-1831, also in base
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