MAKER'S MARK D G, GENEVA, CIRCA 1820, STRUCK WITH TWO FRENCH POST-1838 RESTRICTED WARRANTY MARKS FOR GOLD

A similar box with a lion on the cover is in the The Rosalinde and Arthur Gilbert Collection on loan to the Victoria and Albert Museum, no. 1047-2008. A further example with a sheep on the cover was sold Christie's, London, 22 May 2001, lot 352. A related cheetah-form box was sold Christie's, New York, 18 April 1991, lot 192.