- 39
A gold and enamel snuff box
Estimate
3,500 - 4,500 GBP
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Description
- width 8.8cm, 3 3/8 in
apparently unmarked, circa 1805
rectangular with cut corners, the lid inset with a Geneva enamel plaque painted with the Death of Sophonisba, within a narrow acanthus-chased gold frame, the ground, sides and base enamelled in opaque cerulean blue within black, white and gold taille d'épargne borders
rectangular with cut corners, the lid inset with a Geneva enamel plaque painted with the Death of Sophonisba, within a narrow acanthus-chased gold frame, the ground, sides and base enamelled in opaque cerulean blue within black, white and gold taille d'épargne borders
Catalogue Note
The ground decoration on this box should be compared with that on Lot 41, painted with Archimedes.