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A pearl, gold and enamel snuff box
Estimate
3,000 - 5,000 GBP
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Description
- width 9.4cm, 3 3/4 in
maker's mark rubbed but probably FJ, between two sunrays, circa 1810
rectangular with cut corners, the lid inset with an enamel plaque painted with a young man dressing, his spaniel leaping up at his waist, within a wide gold border decorated with cloisonné enamel foliate scrollwork on a sablé ground within two rows of seed pearls, the sides enamelled in black with paillon borders, the base engine-turned, within taille d'épargne borders
rectangular with cut corners, the lid inset with an enamel plaque painted with a young man dressing, his spaniel leaping up at his waist, within a wide gold border decorated with cloisonné enamel foliate scrollwork on a sablé ground within two rows of seed pearls, the sides enamelled in black with paillon borders, the base engine-turned, within taille d'épargne borders