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

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A SWISS ENAMELLED GOLD SNUFF-BOX
BY FRANÇOIS JOANIN, MARKED, GENEVA, CIRCA 1800

Rectangular box with rounded corners, the cover enamelled en plein with a Romantic riverside landscape and fisherfolk against a mountainous background, divided by an X-shaped gold reserve enamelled with opaque white champlevé foliage and white, sky-blue and black stripes, enclosing white enamel sprays of flowers against a gold ground, the base similarly divided on a blue enamelled striped ground, the sides decorated with blue and white enamel stripes, the corners enamelled with black tondi applied with gold plaques sculpted with Greek philosophers' heads and rosettes
100 mm. wide