A SWISS ENAMELLED GOLD BODKIN-CASE, MAKER'S MARK I F CROWNED, GENEVA, CIRCA 1800

A SWISS ENAMELLED GOLD BODKIN-CASE
MAKER'S MARK I F CROWNED, GENEVA, CIRCA 1800
slightly tapering étui of rectangular section, the domed cover and base set with panels of dark-blue enamel on an engine-turned ground, with taille d’épargne trailing foliate garlands and floral sprays in gold and red, with green enamel entrelac outer borders, blank matrix
4.½ in. (114 mm.) high