A SWISS GOLD AND ENAMEL SNUFF-BOX SET WITH AN ENAMEL PLAQUE
CIRCA 1780, THE FLANGE ENGRAVED WITH INVENTORY NUMBER 789
A SWISS GOLD AND ENAMEL SNUFF-BOX SET WITH AN ENAMEL PLAQUE CIRCA 1780, THE FLANGE ENGRAVED WITH INVENTORY NUMBER 789 oval box, the cover, sides and base enamelled in translucent blue on engine-turned concentric reeding scattered with pellets, within opaque white enamel bands, the cover centred with an oval enamel plaque depicting an artist and putto painting the portrait of a young lady, within a sablé gold mount applied with opalescent pellets, the sablé gold borders on cover and base set with opalescent pellets and blue enamel flowers with green leaves, the rectangular side panels divided by similar decoration on a sablé ground 3¼ in. (80 mm.) wide
A SWISS GOLD AND ENAMEL SNUFF-BOX SET WITH AN ENAMEL PLAQUE
CIRCA 1780, THE FLANGE ENGRAVED WITH INVENTORY NUMBER 789
A SWISS GOLD AND ENAMEL SNUFF-BOX SET WITH AN ENAMEL PLAQUE CIRCA 1780, THE FLANGE ENGRAVED WITH INVENTORY NUMBER 789 oval box, the cover, sides and base enamelled in translucent blue on engine-turned concentric reeding scattered with pellets, within opaque white enamel bands, the cover centred with an oval enamel plaque depicting an artist and putto painting the portrait of a young lady, within a sablé gold mount applied with opalescent pellets, the sablé gold borders on cover and base set with opalescent pellets and blue enamel flowers with green leaves, the rectangular side panels divided by similar decoration on a sablé ground 3¼ in. (80 mm.) wide
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