A SWISS VARI-COLOURED GOLD AND ENAMEL SNUFF-BOX
A SWISS VARI-COLOURED GOLD AND ENAMEL SNUFF-BOX

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A SWISS VARI-COLOURED GOLD AND ENAMEL SNUFF-BOX
GENEVA, CIRCA 1780, MAKER'S MARK "IN" A CROWN ABOVE

OVAL BOX OF RED GOLD, THE SIDES AND BASE CHASED WITH FLOWER BOUQUETS IN FOUR-COLOUR GOLD FLANKED BY BURNISHED RESERVES, THE COVER CENTRED BY AN OVAL ENAMEL PLAQUE PAINTED IN BROWN CAMAïEU HEIGHTENED WITH PINK, WITH A SLEEPING YOUNG BEAUTY SPIED BY TWO PEEPING TOMS, FRAMED BY A LAUREL WREATH PINK ENAMEL MEDAILLON OF A SLEEPING BEAUTY, THE BORDERS CHASED WITH DIAGONAL OVOLOS ALTERNATING WITH FLOWERSPRAYS
63 MM. WIDE