A SWISS OR GERMAN ENAMELLED VARI-COLOUR GOLD SNUFF-BOX
GENEVA OR HANAU, CIRCA 1810, MAKER'S MARK GW, STAMPED 156 ON FLANGE; WITH TWO FRENCH IMPORT MARKS FOR 1864-1893
Rectangular box with rounded corners, the sides enamelled in translucent green on engine-turning framed by chased foliate sablé borders, the cover set with an enamel plaque depicting a landscape with lake before a city with mountains beyond and figures in the forefront on an opalescent ground, within a broad slightly raised chased vari-colour gold foliate sablé border
3 1⁄2 in. (88 mm.) wide
A SWISS OR GERMAN ENAMELLED VARI-COLOUR GOLD SNUFF-BOX
GENEVA OR HANAU, CIRCA 1810, MAKER'S MARK GW, STAMPED 156 ON FLANGE; WITH TWO FRENCH IMPORT MARKS FOR 1864-1893
Rectangular box with rounded corners, the sides enamelled in translucent green on engine-turning framed by chased foliate sablé borders, the cover set with an enamel plaque depicting a landscape with lake before a city with mountains beyond and figures in the forefront on an opalescent ground, within a broad slightly raised chased vari-colour gold foliate sablé border
3 1⁄2 in. (88 mm.) wide
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