A SWISS ENAMELLED GOLD SNUFF-BOX
Lot 282 PROPERTY FROM A SWISS PRIVATE COLLECTION (LOTS 282-286)

A SWISS ENAMELLED GOLD SNUFF-BOX

GENEVA, CIRCA 1770/1780, STRUCK WITH TWO FRENCH POST-1838 RESTRICTED WARRANTY MARKS FOR GOLD

Closed3 June 2015

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A SWISS ENAMELLED GOLD SNUFF-BOX
GENEVA, CIRCA 1770/1780, STRUCK WITH TWO FRENCH POST-1838 RESTRICTED WARRANTY MARKS FOR GOLD
oval box, the cover, sides and base each set with panels enamelled with winter branches painted in purple en camaïeu on an opalescent oyster-pink engine-turned ground, within beaded gold borders
2 3/8 in. (62 mm.) wide

The René Fribourg Collection, Sotheby's, New York, 14 October 1963, lot 284.