A SWISS OR GERMAN ENAMELLED GOLD SNUFF-BOX MAKER'S MARK INDISTINCT, GENEVA OR HANAU, CIRCA 1790 oval box, the cover, sides and base set with panels enamelled in translucent dark-blue on an engine-turned wavy sunburst ground, the cover further painted en grisaille with a scene depicting an officer and his attendant departing for war and leaving his young family, in a waterside landscape with a sailing ship beyond, within taille d'épargne gold floral and enamel border and an opaque white enamel fillets , the base and sides similarly bordered, the four side pilasters engraved with gold urns on opaque white taille d'épargne enamel rectangles 3 3/8 in. (85 mm.) wide
A SWISS OR GERMAN ENAMELLED GOLD SNUFF-BOX MAKER'S MARK INDISTINCT, GENEVA OR HANAU, CIRCA 1790 oval box, the cover, sides and base set with panels enamelled in translucent dark-blue on an engine-turned wavy sunburst ground, the cover further painted en grisaille with a scene depicting an officer and his attendant departing for war and leaving his young family, in a waterside landscape with a sailing ship beyond, within taille d'épargne gold floral and enamel border and an opaque white enamel fillets , the base and sides similarly bordered, the four side pilasters engraved with gold urns on opaque white taille d'épargne enamel rectangles 3 3/8 in. (85 mm.) wide
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