A SWISS ENAMELLED GOLD SNUFF-BOX BY GALLOPIN FRÈRES (FL. C.1800-1829), MARKED, GENEVA, CIRCA 1820, STRUCK WITH TWO FRENCH POST-1838 RESTRICTED WARRANTY MARKS FOR GOLD oval box, the cover, sides and base set with panels of enamel decorated in a diaper-pattern of alternating gold triangles and hexagonal translucent dark-blue enamel pellets set with sea-green enamel florets, within sablé gold borders set with slightly raised trailing foliage of gold roses, translucent green enamel leaves and white enamel flowerheads, the side pilasters set with green, white and blue enamelled chased classical vases on a sablé ground, the cover centred with an oval grisaille enamel miniature depicting a young couple and their child before a coach and horses in a wooded landscape 2¾ in. (70 mm.) wide
A SWISS ENAMELLED GOLD SNUFF-BOX BY GALLOPIN FRÈRES (FL. C.1800-1829), MARKED, GENEVA, CIRCA 1820, STRUCK WITH TWO FRENCH POST-1838 RESTRICTED WARRANTY MARKS FOR GOLD oval box, the cover, sides and base set with panels of enamel decorated in a diaper-pattern of alternating gold triangles and hexagonal translucent dark-blue enamel pellets set with sea-green enamel florets, within sablé gold borders set with slightly raised trailing foliage of gold roses, translucent green enamel leaves and white enamel flowerheads, the side pilasters set with green, white and blue enamelled chased classical vases on a sablé ground, the cover centred with an oval grisaille enamel miniature depicting a young couple and their child before a coach and horses in a wooded landscape 2¾ in. (70 mm.) wide
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