A SWISS JEWELLED ENAMELLED GOLD BONBONNIÈRE
GENEVA, CIRCA 1790
circular box, the cover set with an enamel plaque depicting the abduction of Persephone by Hades whilst picking flowers in the fields of Nysa, within a seed-pearl frame, the sides set with panels of dark-blue enamel on an engine-turned ground, the base set with a gold engine-turned panel, with borders of taille d’épargne white enamel leaves within sky-blue enamel arches
3 in. (80 mm.) diam.
A SWISS JEWELLED ENAMELLED GOLD BONBONNIÈRE
GENEVA, CIRCA 1790
circular box, the cover set with an enamel plaque depicting the abduction of Persephone by Hades whilst picking flowers in the fields of Nysa, within a seed-pearl frame, the sides set with panels of dark-blue enamel on an engine-turned ground, the base set with a gold engine-turned panel, with borders of taille d’épargne white enamel leaves within sky-blue enamel arches
3 in. (80 mm.) diam.
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