A FINE SWISS ENAMELLED GOLD SNUFF-BOX by Rémond, Lamy & Co., marked, Geneva, circa 1800, the enamel by Jean-François-Soiron (1756-1813), signed 'Soiron pin..' (lower centre) Octagonal box, the cover inset with an octagonal enamel miniature finely painted with Psyche holding an oil lamp and approaching sleeping Cupid, on a classical terrace with moonlit landscape background, within a matted gold frame stamped with stylized acanthus alternating with roses, the panels on four sides and base engine-turned and enamelled in translucent blue on black with a flinqué pattern of vertical coin-pattern bars interwoven with horizontal wavy coin-pattern bands, the four corners enamelled in black and engraved with blue enamelled taille d'épargne berried scrolls 3¾ in. (94 mm.) wide
A FINE SWISS ENAMELLED GOLD SNUFF-BOX by Rémond, Lamy & Co., marked, Geneva, circa 1800, the enamel by Jean-François-Soiron (1756-1813), signed 'Soiron pin..' (lower centre) Octagonal box, the cover inset with an octagonal enamel miniature finely painted with Psyche holding an oil lamp and approaching sleeping Cupid, on a classical terrace with moonlit landscape background, within a matted gold frame stamped with stylized acanthus alternating with roses, the panels on four sides and base engine-turned and enamelled in translucent blue on black with a flinqué pattern of vertical coin-pattern bars interwoven with horizontal wavy coin-pattern bands, the four corners enamelled in black and engraved with blue enamelled taille d'épargne berried scrolls 3¾ in. (94 mm.) wide
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