A jewelled gold and enamel snuff box for the Ottoman 🍬market, Geneva, circa 1825

oval with scalloped edges, the lid later applied with a chased and partially rose-cut diamond-set military trophy including sabres, trumpets and flags with crescent moon finials, in a rose-cut diamond-set frame on an opaque pink enamel ground decorated with taille d'épargne flowers and scrolls in opaque turquoise and white, as well as translucent dark blue and bright red enamel, the sides enamelled with further floral and leafy ornaments on alternating opaque pink and turquoise grounds, the base with a central floral spray including a tulip and a sunflower on an opaque cornflower blue enamel ground, in an oval gold frame, surrounded by elaborate taille d'epargne foliage in the same colours as on the lid, the interior of the lid set with a gold plaque of a military trophy within festoon border, double lion head mark 

weight: 124.3 g

length 3¼ in.; 8,5cm.

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Tabatière en or et émail sertie de pieꦕrres precieuses, réalisée pour le marché ottoman, Genève, vers 1825

le couvercle orné a posteriori d'un trophée militaire ciselé et serti de diamants la base ornée d'une gerbe de fleurs, l'intérieur du couvercle orné d'une plaque en or gravée d'un trophée militaire, poinçon de lion insculpé deux fois

weight: 124.3 g

length 3¼ in.; 8,5cm.