Lot 136: A SWISS ENAMELLED GOLD SNUFF-BOX

by Rémond, Lamy & Co., marked, Geneva, circa 1800, later struck with the Viennese duty mark ('Goldrepunze') for gold of 1806/1807, the enamel by Jean-Louis Richter (1766-1841), signed 'Richter' (lower left)
Octagonal box, the cover enamelled en plein with a view of a mountainous seaside landscape with a group of fisherfolk in the foreground, two ships in the background, within a white enamel border and black enamelled gold bands with parcel-blue and white enamelled taille d'épargne gold decoration, the base identically framed and centred by a guilloché off-centre radiating zig-zag panel enamelled in translucent blue, the sides similarly engine-turned and enamelled, the four canted corners enamelled in black and engraved en taille d'épargne with vases of flowers flanked by white enamelled columns, the lid with bright-cut rims
3 9/16 in. (91 mm.) wide

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