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A very fine Piguet & Meylan gold, enamel and pearl musical snuff box, Swiss, circa 1820, case probably by Remond,

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Lot 195
A very fine Piguet & Meylan gold, enamel and pearl musical snuff box,
Swiss, circa 1820, case probably by Remond,

Sold for £ 31,200 (US$ 39,230) inc. premium

The Ward Collection of Musical Snuff and Singing Bird Boxes, Pocket Watches and Movements

20 Sep 2006, 14:00 BST

London, Knightsbridge

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A very fine Piguet & Meylan gold, enamel and pearl musical snuff box,
Swiss, circa 1820, case probably by Remond,
the platform or "sur plateau" movement with twenty seven teeth mounted on the lower side of the bed-plate and stamped "P & M 2439", the case with makers mark "R" in lozenge, probably Remond, also with a crowned "R" mark and incuse stamped to rim 3439, set in gold and enamel case with engine turned decoration, the lid with coloured enamel of a scene depicting Diana, Jupiter and Juno by a French follower of David, surrounded by blue enamel and gold border highlighted with seed pearls, in red leather travelling case
5.5 by 8 by 2cm

Footnotes

  • The "sur plateau" musical movement was perfected by Isaac Daniel Piguet who was born in Le Brassus near Geneva in 1775. He and his partner Philippe-Samuel Meylan were famed for the superb quality and extremely thin musical pocket watches and snuff boxes that they produced using this type of musical movement. The partnership lasted from 1811 until 1828 and several examples of their work formed part of famed collections such as the Tulace collection of Egypt and King Farouk.
A very fine Piguet & Meylan gold, enamel and pearl musical snuff box, Swiss, circa 1820, case probably by Remond,
A very fine Piguet & Meylan gold, enamel and pearl musical snuff box, Swiss, circa 1820, case probably by Remond,
A very fine Piguet & Meylan gold, enamel and pearl musical snuff box, Swiss, circa 1820, case probably by Remond,
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