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A gold and enamel snuff box
Estimate
3,200 - 4,200 GBP
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Description
- width 9.4cm, 3 3/4 in
Jean-George Rémond & Co., Geneva, 1815-1821
rectangular, the lid inset with a Geneva enamel plaque painted with the murder of Germanicus with amanita mushrooms by Agrippina, within a gold openwork frame chased with a spread-winged eagle and interlaced garlands revealing gold ornament on an opaque blue ground, the sides and base unusually enamelled in translucent scarlet over engine-turned shell and ovolo motifs, chased laurel and leaf borders
rectangular, the lid inset with a Geneva enamel plaque painted with the murder of Germanicus with amanita mushrooms by Agrippina, within a gold openwork frame chased with a spread-winged eagle and interlaced garlands revealing gold ornament on an opaque blue ground, the sides and base unusually enamelled in translucent scarlet over engine-turned shell and ovolo motifs, chased laurel and leaf borders