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ANTIQUE 19thC SWISS 18k GOLD & ENAMEL SNUFF BOX, GUIDON, GIDE & BLONDET c.1800

19th Century Swiss 18k gold snuff box, the lid set with a marquise shaped panel delicately hand painted depicting holly mother and child surrounded by an engraved laurel leaf boarder and a large boarder with ovals and arrows. Engine-turned decoration on lid, sides and base, applied with dark blue translucent enamel, within light blue boarders and navettes.

Hallmarked with crowned maker mark GGB (Guidon, Gide & Blondet Fils, Geneva, 1801-1804), enamelled by Abraham Lissignol.

Reference Number: A6413

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ANTIQUE 20thC VICTORIAN SOLID SILVER CHINOISERIE TEA CADDY, LONDON c.1900

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ANTIQUE 19thC VICTORIAN SOLID SILVER NOVELTY DOG CIGAR CUTTER, LONDON c.1899

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ANTIQUE 19thC AUSTRIAN SOLID SILVER-GILT & ENAMEL COMPORT, L POLITZER c.1890

19th Century Austrian hand painted enamel comport applied with silver-gilt mounts. The round-shaped bowl on domed stand depicting various classical scenes, surrounded by scrolling foliage on blue and white ground, inside decorated in similar manner.

Hallmarked Austro-Hungarian silver guarantee mark (900 standard, used 1872-1922), Maker's mark "LP" for Ludwig Politzer.

Reference Number: A6434