A Napoléon III jewelled enamel and gold Presentation Snuff-Box circa 1860 Rectangular box with rounded corners and slightly concave sides, the lid inset with an oval panel enamelled in translucent blue on a radiating wavy guilloché ground and applied with the initial "N" surmounted by the French Imperial Crown set with rose-cut diamonds, all over engraved with engine-turned panels within burnished gold borders, the base centred by a plain horizontal oval reserve surrounded by flowers and c-scrolls 90 mm. (3½ in.) wide
A Napoléon III jewelled enamel and gold Presentation Snuff-Box circa 1860 Rectangular box with rounded corners and slightly concave sides, the lid inset with an oval panel enamelled in translucent blue on a radiating wavy guilloché ground and applied with the initial "N" surmounted by the French Imperial Crown set with rose-cut diamonds, all over engraved with engine-turned panels within burnished gold borders, the base centred by a plain horizontal oval reserve surrounded by flowers and c-scrolls 90 mm. (3½ in.) wide
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