A SWISS JEWELED AND ENAMELED GOLD MUSICAL SNUFF-BOX THE CASE...
Shaped as a purse, the base and cover with translucent blue guilloché enamel, the cover with an overlapping gold panel set with split pearls and a turquoise cabochon forming a lyre, the base, cover and long sides with black taille d'épargne enamel borders, the four sides engine-turned, the musical movement released by a lever at the rear side, with key, marked inside cover with maker's mark and partial RC in oval; the cover flange stamped 949, engraved 05170 ; the interior with prestige mark
21⁄2 in. (6.4 cm.) wide
3 oz. 16 dwt. (118.2 gr.) gross weight
Provenance
Anonymous sale; Christie's, London, 24 May 2000, lot 309.
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Shaped as a purse, the base and cover with translucent blue guilloché enamel, the cover with an overlapping gold panel set with split pearls and a turquoise cabochon forming a lyre, the base, cover and long sides with black taille d'épargne enamel borders, the four sides engine-turned, the musical movement released by a lever at the rear side, with key, marked inside cover with maker's mark and partial RC in oval; the cover flange stamped 949, engraved 05170 ; the interior with prestige mark
21⁄2 in. (6.4 cm.) wide
3 oz. 16 dwt. (118.2 gr.) gross weight
Provenance
Anonymous sale; Christie's, London, 24 May 2000, lot 309.
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