A SWISS JEWELLED ENAMELLED GOLD SNUFF-BOX
PROBABLY GENEVA, CIRCA 1780
oval box, the cover centred with an oval enamel plaque depicting a group of matadors and a bull-fight within a diamond-set frame, the cover, sides and base set with panels of translucent dark blue enamel on an engine-turned ground, with trailing gold and green enamel taille d’épargne foliage and entrelac borders within white enamel frames set at intervals with polished gold flowerheads
2½ in. (65 mm.) wide
A SWISS JEWELLED ENAMELLED GOLD SNUFF-BOX
PROBABLY GENEVA, CIRCA 1780
oval box, the cover centred with an oval enamel plaque depicting a group of matadors and a bull-fight within a diamond-set frame, the cover, sides and base set with panels of translucent dark blue enamel on an engine-turned ground, with trailing gold and green enamel taille d’épargne foliage and entrelac borders within white enamel frames set at intervals with polished gold flowerheads
2½ in. (65 mm.) wide
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