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The Furama Hotel Hong Kong, Victoriana Room, Jun 05, 2000

LOT 467

Swiss, made for the Oriental Market, circa 1830.Fine, 18K gold and enamel, oval snuffbox.

C. Double-body, oval, the hinged lid centred with musical trophies painted over an azure ground within a rose-cut diamond set frame, outer champlevé enamel decoration over a lime green ground applied with rose-cut diamond set ornaments, the band and base with compositions of summer flowers painted over an azure enamel ground with outer champlevé enamelled decoration against a lime green ground.Dim. 72 x 49 mm.