Jewellery, Watches and Objects of Vertu

An enamelled silver box, the hinged lid with painted enamelled Venetian scene at sunset, within scrolled border, the sides decorated with light blue guilloché enamel, the base engine-turned, with silver gilt interior, stamped ‘925’ and bearing British import marks for 1927, and maker’s mark ‘F.B.R’, dimensions 10cm x 8.4cm x 4.5cm, weight 12.6oz. £300-500

The Venetian sunset scene depicts sail boats and gondolas on the water, with St Marks Basilica and the San Marco Campanile visible in the background to one side and the Church of San Giorgio Maggiore to the other.