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

细节
A SWISS ENAMELLED GOLD SNUFF-BOX
GENEVA, CIRCA 1800

Rectangular box with canted corners, the cover, sides and base enamelled in translucent blue on a gold ground engraved with flowers, the cover centred by a rectangular reserve enamelled with Cupid offering a cornucopia to Sappho reclining in a landscape, the base engraved with a moth under translucent brown enamel within a rectangle, the borders enamelled in opaque white
77 mm. wide