A SWISS ENAMELLED GOLD SNUFF-BOX FOR EXPORTATION TO THE ORIENTAL MARKET
A SWISS ENAMELLED GOLD SNUFF-BOX FOR EXPORTATION TO THE ORIENTAL MARKET

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A SWISS ENAMELLED GOLD SNUFF-BOX FOR EXPORTATION TO THE ORIENTAL MARKET
GENEVA, CIRCA 1840

Oval box, the cover and base enamelled with oval reserves of wavy outline, painted with flower bouquets, that on the cover on an opaque moss-green ground, surrounded by an opaque blue wavy band engraved with gold leaves and flowers, that on the base on a translucent red enamelled engine-turned sunburst ground, surrounded by radiating lobed panels of opaque sky-blue alternating with translucent salmon coloured ones, all painted with flowers, the sides with matching lobed panels
84 mm. wide