Lion-shaped snuff box (for the Chinese market)
Lion-shaped snuff box (for the Chinese market)
Switzerland, Geneva
1805–1808
Sené & Neisser Gold
Enamel, diamonds, pearls; painted enamel, champlevé enamel, engraving
1.2 x 7.9 x 4.6 cm
A lion couchant-shaped snuffbox , the cover realistically painted in enamel, the mane set with diamonds, the tail and outer border set with seed pearls, the base with a scene of a violent storm, with a cascading water-fall in a mountainous landscape and the sky lit red by a lighting bolt, within opaque black enamel taille d’épargne gold foliate border, the sides enamelled with fruits and flowers against a dark-blue ground within white enamelfilets
3250MC469/ДПИ