A SWISS ENAMELLED GOLD SNUFF-BOX
A SWISS ENAMELLED GOLD SNUFF-BOX

细节
A SWISS ENAMELLED GOLD SNUFF-BOX
GENEVA, MAKER'S MARK CROWNED INITIALS C.F A HEART BELOW, CIRCA 1790

Small oval box, the cover centred by a circular miniature of a young lady enamelled en plein, surrounded by a blue enamel band and translucent blue basse-taille foliage with yellow flowers on a reeded engine-turned ground, within a zig-zag border, the sides engraved with four circular trophies of Love alternating with festoons and flower swags, the base similarly decorated and bordered by a band of lozenges
54 mm. wide