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A SWISS JEWELED AND ENAMELED GOLD SNUFF-BOX FOR THE CHINESE MARKET

Lot 306
13.10.2023 10:00UTC -05:00
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AuctioneerCHRISTIE'S
Event locationUSA, New York
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ID 1027684
Lot 306 | A SWISS JEWELED AND ENAMELED GOLD SNUFF-BOX FOR THE CHINESE MARKET
Estimate value
$ 30 000 – 50 000
A SWISS JEWELED AND ENAMELED GOLD SNUFF-BOX FOR THE CHINESE MARKET

BY REMOND, LAMY ET COMPAGNIE, MARKED, GENEVA, 1801-1804

In the form of a butterfly, the lid colorfully enameled and set with pearls and diamond, the rim edged with graduated pearls, the base enameled in blue within taille d'épargne borders enameled in black, blue, turquoise and white, the sides with reserves enameled in blue, the dividing panels decorated with water fowl and reeds, in contemporary fitted leather case with label inscribed No 7 Box, incuse maker's mark on lid and base

3 ½ in. (90 mm.) long

3 oz. 6 dwt. (103 gr.) gross weight





Provenance

The Collection of the Rothschild family.

By descent to the present owners.



Literature

COMPARATIVE LITERATURE

Chapuisat, Edouard, Le commerce et l’industrie à Genève pendant la domination française (1789-1813), d’aprés des documents inédits, Editions A. Julien, Georg & Cie, 1908, p. 489.

Haydn, Williams, & Clarke, Julia (ed.), Enamels of the World, 1700-2000, The Khalili Collection, London, The Khalili Family Trust, 2009, pp. 292-317.

Clarke, Julia, “Swiss gold boxes: myth or reality?”, in Murdoch, Tessa, & Zech, Heike (ed.), Going for Gold: Craftsmanship and Collecting of Gold Boxes, Brighton, Sussex Academic Press, 2014, pp. 70-71.
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