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Lot 95
  • 95

A Swiss gold and enamel snuff box, maker's mark D, circa 1810

Estimate
35,000 - 40,000 USD
bidding is closed

Description

  • length 3 1/2 in. (9cm)
showing a lake at sunset , with ship at calm and a weir in the foreground, snow-capped mountains behind, borders of champlevé pink, green, and blue enamel formal foliage, the sides and base with panels of translucent red enamel on engine-turned ground, marked inside four times D under fleur-de-lys

Provenance

Christie's, Geneva, 19 November 1997, lot 232

Condition

abraison to front red panel, otherwise good
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