A CONTINENTAL GOLD, ENAMEL AND GEM-SET SNUFF BOX
Lot 28

A CONTINENTAL GOLD, ENAMEL AND GEM-SET SNUFF BOX

PROBABLY SWISS, RETAILED IN PARIS, 1848-1852

Closed26 October 2007

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A CONTINENTAL GOLD, ENAMEL AND GEM-SET SNUFF BOX
PROBABLY SWISS, RETAILED IN PARIS, 1848-1852
Rectangular, the blue guilloché enamel cover applied with diamond-set initial and crown of Napoleon III between four pastes, the sides and base with champlevé enamel strapwork and arabesques with engraved detail, cover bezel with engraved signature G. Lemonnier, Joaillier de Mon[seigner] le Prince Président
3 3/8 in. (8.6 cm.) long

Sotheby's, Geneva, 26 November 1982, lot 149