Abraham Lissignol Sold at Auction Prices

Unsigned - Cabinet miniature; enamel

Unsigned - Cabinet miniature; enamel Enamel, horizontal rectangular-shaped, cabinet miniature. Polychrome painting on enamel on gold attributable to Jean-Abraham Lissignol (1749-1819), Geneva, showing Jacob blessing Manasseh and Ephraim, the sons of Joseph. On the counter-enamel “No 198.JL.” [or K] and “1817”. Accesories: Low Est HKD: 25000 High Est HKD: 30000 Low Est USD: 3300 High Est USD: 3900 Low Est EUR: 3000 High Est EUR: 3600 Low Est CHF: 3300 High Est CHF: 3900

ALLEGORY OF WINTER Piguet Meylan, Geneva, No. 5974, the case by Frères Oltramare ,made for the Chinese Market, circa 1820. Extremely fine and very rare, 18K gold and painted on enamel, pearl-set, center seconds,quarter repeating pocket watch,the enamel by Jean Abraham Lissignol (1749-1819).

ALLEGORY OF WINTER Piguet Meylan, Geneva, No. 5974, the case by Frères Oltramare ,made for the Chinese Market, circa 1820. Extremely fine and very rare, 18K gold and painted on enamel, pearl-set, center seconds,quarter repeating pocket watch,the enamel by Jean Abraham Lissignol (1749-1819). Brand Piguet Meylan Reference C 3 D 3-01 M 3* Grading LOGO C DESC Four-body, "Empire", the back with a very finely painted on enamel portrait of a young lady in a red dress, pink scarf, blue headdress,split pearl-set border, the outer border decorated with translucent guilloche red enamel ,the band, pendant and bow decorated to match, the bezels set with split pearls Hinged gold cuvette decorated with light blue and dack blue champlevé enamel foliage, apertures for hand-setting and winding going train. D DESC White enamel with radial Roman numerals, outer minute divisions and Arabic quarter-hour numerals. Blued-steel 'serpent' hands. M DESC 46 mm., frosted gilt, full plate, profusely chased and engraved with flowers and foliage in the Chinese taste, going barrel, cylinder escapement, three-arm gold balance with polished steel endplate, blued steel flat balance spring, index regulator, repeating on gongs activated by depressing the pendant. Case punched with the casemaker's mark "FO", movement punched with Piguet & Meylan's mark "PM" on the dial plate. Estimate CHF LOW 60000 Estimate CHF HIGH 80000 Estimate HKD LOW 480000 Estimate HKD HIGH 560000 Estimate USD LOW 60000 Estimate USD HIGH 80000

Miniature figurant Vénus chez Vulcain, fin XVIIIe s.

LISSIGNOL Jean-Abraham, (1749-1819) [FR]. Miniature figurant Vénus chez Vulcain, fin XVIIIe s. émaux sur cuivre, monté dans un cadre en or jaune 9 cts, signé en bas à droite

(*) Jean-Abraham Lissignol (1749 Genf - 1819 Plainpalais) / Jean-Georges Rémond & Company à Genève, 94 x 66 x 14 mm, circa 1800

An exquisite, extremely rare gold enamel snuff box "Charity" Case: 18k gold, case maker's punch mark "IGRC", miniature with signature "Lissignol". Rectangular with cut corners, sides and base engine-turned with a geometric pattern and translucent cobalt blue enamelled within Champlevè borders of black, white and blue enamel. The cut corners with florally decorated panels of black, white and blue champlevè enamel. Hinged cover with an octagonal enamel medallion with exquisite polychrome miniature painting: the allegory of motherly charity framed by a geometric pattern of chased gold. Provenance Baron Enrico di Portanova Collection Jean-Abraham Lissignol Lissignol was born in Geneva in 1749. He was the pupil and partner of Jean-Marc Roux and later was apprenticed in Paris. He was one of the most important enamel miniature painters and was specialised on snuffboxes and watch cases. He worked for Jaquet-Droz, Leschot, Rochat, John Rich and Jean-Georges Rémond & Company He died in Plainpalais in 1819. Jean-Georges Rémond Jean-Georges Rémond was a goldsmith in Geneva and is recorded to have worked from 1783 until 1815 or 1820. He first used his master¿s mark in 1783, when he became a master on December 22. He presumably formed the company Georges Rémond & Cie. seven years later; around 1800 the company was renamed Rémond, Mercier, Lamy & Cie. During the French occupation of Switzerland by Napoleon, Rémond used his initials within a lozenge as his mark, which was in accordance with the stipulations of the newly formed Département du Léman. A similar design without the lozenge was used by the company Lamy, Rémond, Mercier, Daniel Berton from 1815 to 1829. In 1820 a new company Mercier, Blondel and Berton was established, so it is assumed that Rémond retired or died around that time. The new company only lasted for another seven years though and ceased to operate on April 14, 1827.

Jean Abraham Lissignol (Swiss, 1749-1819) : A fine portrait of a Gentleman, wearing powdered wig with side buckles and burgundy coat