31-1 - Oval 18k gold (750) snuffbox with a wavy-edged opening

Oval 18k gold (750) snuffbox with a wavy-edged opening The hinged lid features, at its center, an enamel-painted miniature depicting a lakeside landscape, set against a radiating guilloché background within a lozenge-shaped oval bordered by a white enamel fillet, surrounded by two polychrome flowering branches arranged in an arch against a salmon-colored guilloché enamel background, the whole encircled by leafy scrollwork inscribed on a wavy ribbon of purple champlevé enamel, bordered on either side by white enamel fillets, with a green enamel border. The rim repeats the motif of the purple ribbon on a green background, the lower section featuring four oval-shaped panels adorned with polychrome flowers in a garland on undulating salmon-colored enamel guilloché, set between four palmettes on a violet enamel background, each of these motifs outlined with a white enamel border. The center of the body is decorated with a polychrome floral bouquet on a salmon-colored radiating guilloché background, with the wavy purple ribbon motif repeated against a green background. Minor damage to the lid and tiny chips in the enamel. Swiss work, Geneva, circa 1830, for the Ottoman or Persian market. Goldsmith’s hallmark L.G. (unknown master, known from at least two other Swiss snuffboxes dating from circa 1820–1830). H. 2.1 x W. 8.3 x D. 5.9 cm. Gross weight: 108.8 g. Provenance - Martial Lapeyre Collection (1904–1984). - Fondation Napoléon (Paris) following the bequest by Martial Lapeyre in 1984.