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An early 19th century Swiss gold and enamelled snuff box

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An early 19th century Swiss gold and enamelled snuff box
By Rémond Lamy & Co, Geneva c.1801-1804, with later Russian and French import marks
Rectangular, the cover set with a finely painted classical enamel panel depicting a queen wearing a laurel crown in a sumptuous ermine cloak with a dagger in her hand, possibly Dido Queen of Carthage, within a border of acanthus leaves, the sides and base with geometric enamel panels of black and translucent blue over circular engine turning, length 9cm, weight all-in 131gms.


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An early 19th century Swiss gold and enamelled snuff box
By Rémond Lamy & Co, Geneva c.1801-1804, with later Russian and French import marks
Rectangular, the cover set with a finely painted classical enamel panel depicting a queen wearing a laurel crown in a sumptuous ermine cloak with a dagger in her hand, possibly Dido Queen of Carthage, within a border of acanthus leaves, the sides and base with geometric enamel panels of black and translucent blue over circular engine turning, length 9cm, weight all-in 131gms.

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