A SWISS JEWELLED ENAMELLED GOLD SNUFF-BOX, MAKER'S MARK I. F. BENEATH A CROWN, GENEVA, CIRCA 1805
A SWISS JEWELLED ENAMELLED GOLD SNUFF-BOX
MAKER'S MARK I. F. BENEATH A CROWN, GENEVA, CIRCA 1805
rectangular box with canted corners, the sides and base set with panels of dark-blue enamel on an engine-turned ground, the cover centred with an enamel miniature depicting a youthful suitor approaching two young maidens in a garden, within a white enamel frame with seed-pearl outer border, the corners with sky-blue taille d’épargne enamel urns
3 in. (76 mm.) wide
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A SWISS JEWELLED ENAMELLED GOLD SNUFF-BOX
MAKER'S MARK I. F. BENEATH A CROWN, GENEVA, CIRCA 1805
rectangular box with canted corners, the sides and base set with panels of dark-blue enamel on an engine-turned ground, the cover centred with an enamel miniature depicting a youthful suitor approaching two young maidens in a garden, within a white enamel frame with seed-pearl outer border, the corners with sky-blue taille d’épargne enamel urns
3 in. (76 mm.) wide