A late 18th/early 19th century Swiss circular gold and enamelled snuff box
A late 18th/early 19th century Swiss circular gold and enamelled snuff box
By Guidon, Rémond & Gide, Geneva 1792-1801
The cover finely painted with a depiction of the Choice of Hercules, the boy Hercules is concealed within trees observing Virtue and Vice whilst the poet time waits to record his decision, the blue sky is over wavy geometric engine-turning within a half-pearl set rim, the sides with translucent royal blue enamel over a foliate engine-turned ground below a multi-coloured paillons band, the base with similar enamel over a richly engine-turned patera and foliate ground within a similar paillons border, diameter 8cm, weight all-in 129gms.
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A late 18th/early 19th century Swiss circular gold and enamelled snuff box
By Guidon, Rémond & Gide, Geneva 1792-1801
The cover finely painted with a depiction of the Choice of Hercules, the boy Hercules is concealed within trees observing Virtue and Vice whilst the poet time waits to record his decision, the blue sky is over wavy geometric engine-turning within a half-pearl set rim, the sides with translucent royal blue enamel over a foliate engine-turned ground below a multi-coloured paillons band, the base with similar enamel over a richly engine-turned patera and foliate ground within a similar paillons border, diameter 8cm, weight all-in 129gms.
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