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A Continental Enameled Gold Snuff Box, Probably Geneva, Circa 1840

Lot Closed

October 17, 06:17 PM GMT

Estimate

6,000 - 8,000 USD

Lot Details

Description

A Continental Enameled Gold Snuff Box, Probably Geneva, Circa 1840


the cover enameled with a scene of a beggar kneeling before an elegant hawking couple on prancing white horse held by a page in an engraved landscape, all within a cartouche engraved with flowers on dark blue ground, the base engraved with a bouquet on engine-turned ground, the sides with diaper, all with blue line borders, marked on rim of cover with a crowned cross with 2


length 2 1/2 in.

6.4 cm