A SWISS JEWELLED ENAMELLED GOLD SNUFF-BOX, MAKER'S MARK B & H, GENEVA, CIRCA 1820

A SWISS JEWELLED ENAMELLED GOLD SNUFF-BOX
MAKER'S MARK B & H, GENEVA, CIRCA 1820
rectangular box with canted corners, the cover, sides and base set with panels of opaque sky-blue enamel within white enamel frames, the cover centred with an enamel miniature depicting a classical scene within a chased foliate gold frame, with two taille d'épargne altars of love on either side, seed-pearl outer border, the base and side pilasters with enamelled taille d'épargne urns, the sides with white enamel flowerheads on a sablé ground
3.½ in. (89 mm.) wide

Provenance
with Au Vieux, Paris.