Beschreibung:

A SWISS ENAMEL AND VARI-COLOUR GOLD SNUFF-BOX Neuchatel, circa 1820, with prestige marks Rectangular box with canted sides, the cover centred with a horizontal oval enamel plaque depicting a Swiss lakescape, within a stylised acanthus gold border, on a matted gold panel adorned with three-colour gold foliage, the sides similarly decorated with a floral wavescroll band and flutes, the base with a rectangular panel of engine-turning flanked by two arched reserves with two-colour gold foliage on a matted ground, within a greek-key style and trailing foliage border on a frosted ground, slightly raised thumbpiece cast with leaves 3¼ in. (83 mm.) wide