A SWISS VARI-COLOUR GOLD SNUFF-BOX
GENEVA, CIRCA 1790
rectangular box with waisted sides, the sides and base set with panels of peaked engine-turning within chased gold frames, the vari-colour gold cover centred with an enamel riverside landscape, with cattle drinking in the shallows and mountains beyond, the sky on a sun-burst engine-turned ground, within chased and foliate borders with slightly raised scroll thumbpiece
3.1/8 in. (78 mm.) wide
A SWISS VARI-COLOUR GOLD SNUFF-BOX
GENEVA, CIRCA 1790
rectangular box with waisted sides, the sides and base set with panels of peaked engine-turning within chased gold frames, the vari-colour gold cover centred with an enamel riverside landscape, with cattle drinking in the shallows and mountains beyond, the sky on a sun-burst engine-turned ground, within chased and foliate borders with slightly raised scroll thumbpiece
3.1/8 in. (78 mm.) wide
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