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Geneva, Nov 14, 2009

LOT 86

Boîte à Portrait French. Made circa 1790. Fine, blond tortoiseshell and gold snuff box set with a portrait miniature of a boy.

C. Two-body, circular, blond tortoiseshell inlaid with gold anthemions, stylised leaves and geometric patterns, the lid set with a glazed oval watercolour portrait miniature of a boy wearing a blue coat and white shirt within a gold border. Dim. 73 x 34 mm. From the Collection of an Italian Gentleman