A Gold and Enamel Snuff Box, Geneva, Circa 1800, the enamel by Jean-Louis Richter

rectangular with cut corners, the lid painted with a shepherd and shepherdess with their cattle walking along an idyllic river with a watermill and mountains below a pale blue cloudy sky in the background, signed: Richter to lower left, within a leafy black and pale blue taille d'épargne frame with stylised sunflowers to corners, the sides and base similarly decorated around dark blue enamel panels, maker's mark RP over C incuse below umbrella

Length 3½ in.

9.1 cm