A SWISS JEWELLED ENAMELLED GOLD SNUFF-BOX
BY SENÉ & DETALLA (FL. C. 1795-1805), MARKED, GENEVA, CIRCA 1800
oval box, the cover, sides and base set with panels of opalescent mauve enamel on a moiré pattern engine-turned gold ground, the cover with an outer border of seed-pearls and centred with a shaped rectangular enamel plaque depicting lovers in a pastoral scene, within gold taille d’épargne and opaque sky-blue enamel borders with similar vase pilasters, in fitted black leather box stamped 'Vedova Arrigoni Milano'
3 in. (76 mm.) wide
A SWISS JEWELLED ENAMELLED GOLD SNUFF-BOX
BY SENÉ & DETALLA (FL. C. 1795-1805), MARKED, GENEVA, CIRCA 1800
oval box, the cover, sides and base set with panels of opalescent mauve enamel on a moiré pattern engine-turned gold ground, the cover with an outer border of seed-pearls and centred with a shaped rectangular enamel plaque depicting lovers in a pastoral scene, within gold taille d’épargne and opaque sky-blue enamel borders with similar vase pilasters, in fitted black leather box stamped 'Vedova Arrigoni Milano'
3 in. (76 mm.) wide