An early 19th century Swiss gold and enamelled snuff box
An early 19th century Swiss gold and enamelled snuff box
By Rémond Lamy & Co, Geneva c.1801-1804
Rectangular with canted corners, the cover set with a finely painted enamel panel depicting Flora and Zephyr with stiff leaf frame on a ground of black and translucent royal and pale blue over linear engine-turning, within a taille d'épargne demi-paterae border, the base and sides with similar enamel panels and borders, length 9.3cm, weight all-in 132gms.
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An early 19th century Swiss gold and enamelled snuff box
By Rémond Lamy & Co, Geneva c.1801-1804
Rectangular with canted corners, the cover set with a finely painted enamel panel depicting Flora and Zephyr with stiff leaf frame on a ground of black and translucent royal and pale blue over linear engine-turning, within a taille d'épargne demi-paterae border, the base and sides with similar enamel panels and borders, length 9.3cm, weight all-in 132gms.