ID 437127
Los 92 | A SWISS GOLD AND ENAMEL AUTOMATON SNUFF-BOX
Schätzwert
£ 45 000 – 65 000
BY SENÉ & DETALLA (FL. C. 1795-1805), MARKED, GENEVA, CIRCA 1800
rectangular with canted corners, the cover, sides and base decorated with fine horizontal reeding and bright-cut engraving of floral vases and trailing foliage, the base engraved with a scene of a harbourside, with a ship and a lighthouse beyond within a circular frame, the cover set with an automaton depicting a water-mill with a running stream and rotating water-wheel, to the left a man sits and catches a fish, to the right a horse lowers his head and drinks from the stream, in the foreground a river-side scene in vari-colour gold depicts a dog and a lamb, the background enamelled with the mill in the foreground and a Swiss mountain scene beyond, in brown leather case stamped 'Bulgari Roma'
3¼ in. (82 mm.) wide
| Material: | Gold |
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| Herkunftsort: | Schweiz |
| Kategorie des Auktionshauses: | Dosen und Tabatièren, Schachteln und Etuis |
| Material: | Gold |
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| Herkunftsort: | Schweiz |
| Kategorie des Auktionshauses: | Dosen und Tabatièren, Schachteln und Etuis |
| Adresse der Versteigerung |
CHRISTIE'S 8 King Street, St. James's SW1Y 6QT London Vereinigtes Königreich | |
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| Telefon | +44 (0)20 7839 9060 | |
| Aufgeld | see on Website | |
| Nutzungsbedingungen | Nutzungsbedingungen |







