ID 859306
Lot 15 | BOÎTE DE DOMINOS MUSICALE SUISSE EN OR ÉMAILLÉ ET SERTIE DE PERLES
Estimate value
€ 120 000 – 180 000
ATTRIBUEE A MOULINIE, BAUTTE & CIE, GENEVE, 1804-1808; 18 CARAT; GARANTIE D'OR EN USAGE DE 1809 A 1819; LE MECHANISME SIGNE “CARRISOL 10/8”, NUMERO DE MOUVEMENT 271
La boîte, rectangulaire, émaillée en bleu roi translucide sur fond guilloché, le couvercle coulissant bordé de perles et centré d'un médaillon oval en émail polychrome sur fond opalescent serti de perles et représentant un putto naviguant sur son arc, aux quatre coins un panneau émaillé figurant les quatre saisons, la base fixée par six vis; à l'intérieur, d'un côté, un compartiment à charnière pour la clé, de l'autre le mouvement musical protégé par un couvercle coulissant, et vingt-huit dominos en or émaillé bleu roi translucide sur fond guilloché dans des bordures en émail blanc et sertis de perles pour les points numériques, le revers de chaque domino émaillé en rouge translucide bordé de blanc;
Le mouvement en laiton, avec barillet à ressort et peignes en acier jouant deux airs "Contre les chagrins de la vie" et "Air de la pipe à tabac" extrait de "La pipe à tabac" du "Petit matelot" composé par Pierre Gaveaux en 1795; clé postérieure
114 mm. x 35 mm. x 16 mm.
Provenance
Importante collection particulière.
Literature
Alfred Chapuis, Le Miroir de la Séduction, Musée Patek Philippe, Genève, 2010.
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Post lot text
A SWISS ENAMELLED GOLD AND PEARL-SET MUSICAL DOMINO BOX, ATTRIBUTED TO MOULINIE, BAUTTE & CIE, GENEVA, 1804-1808; MAINSPRING SCRATCH-SIGNED 'CARRISOL 10/8', MOVEMENT PUNCH-NUMBERED 271
Medium: | Acrylic glass, Enamel, Gold, Precious stones, Pearls, Plastic |
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Place of origin: | Western Europe, Europe, Switzerland |
Auction house category: | All other types of objects, Boxes and Cases |
Medium: | Acrylic glass, Enamel, Gold, Precious stones, Pearls, Plastic |
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Place of origin: | Western Europe, Europe, Switzerland |
Auction house category: | All other types of objects, Boxes and Cases |
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