3 Nov 2010
11:00 GMT
London, New Bond Street
Fine Silver, Gold boxes and Objects of Vertu
Back to auction 17835
Fine Silver, Gold boxes and Objects of Vertu
Back to auction 17835
An early 19th century Swiss gold and enamelled 'Turkish Market' snuff box,
by Jean-George Rémond, Geneva 1807-1814,
of rectangular form with canted corners, the hinged cover with central rayed engine-turned ground within a scalloped border of translucent blue champlevé enamel demi-flowerheads on a pale green ground, the sides with a similar band forming the scalloped rim of the cover above wavy engine-turned panels separated by stiff leaf pilasters, the underside of the cover with a cartouche in the style of an armorial shield set on a translucent blue enamel ground , length 7.6cm.
of rectangular form with canted corners, the hinged cover with central rayed engine-turned ground within a scalloped border of translucent blue champlevé enamel demi-flowerheads on a pale green ground, the sides with a similar band forming the scalloped rim of the cover above wavy engine-turned panels separated by stiff leaf pilasters, the underside of the cover with a cartouche in the style of an armorial shield set on a translucent blue enamel ground , length 7.6cm.
Sold for
£7,200
inc. premium
Footnotes
- For a box by the same maker with a similar scalloped border see The British Rail Pension Fund sale, Geneva May 1990, ex-lot 56.
Category: Decorative Arts / Silver
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