Lot 348: A SWISS ENAMELLED GOLD SNUFF-BOX

A SWISS ENAMELLED GOLD SNUFF-BOX
BY GUIDON, REMOND & GIDE (FL. 1792-1801), MARKED, GENEVA, CIRCA 1800, LATER STRUCK WITH THE RESTRICTED WARRANTY MARK FOR THE FRENCH DEPARTMENTS 1809-1819, THE ENAMEL BY JEAN-LOUIS RICHTER (SWISS, 1766-1841), SIGNED 'RICHTER' (LOWER RIGHT)
octagonal box, the cover enamelled en plein with a mountainous lakeside landscape with children and a hut in the foreground, within a ribbon-twist enamel border and black enamelled gold bands with parcel-blue and white enamelled taille d'épargne gold decoration, the base identically framed, the sides and base engine-turned with a diaper pattern and enamelled in translucent blue, the four canted corners enamelled in black and white and engraved en taille d'épargne with vases of flowers flanked by white enamelled columns
3½ in. (93 mm.) wide

With Au Vieux Paris, Paris.

VAT rate of 5% is payable on hammer price and at 20% on the buyer's premium.
A SWISS ENAMELLED GOLD SNUFF-BOX
BY GUIDON, REMOND & GIDE (FL. 1792-1801), MARKED, GENEVA, CIRCA 1800, LATER STRUCK WITH THE RESTRICTED WARRANTY MARK FOR THE FRENCH DEPARTMENTS 1809-1819, THE ENAMEL BY JEAN-LOUIS RICHTER (SWISS, 1766-1841), SIGNED 'RICHTER' (LOWER RIGHT)
octagonal box, the cover enamelled en plein with a mountainous lakeside landscape with children and a hut in the foreground, within a ribbon-twist enamel border and black enamelled gold bands with parcel-blue and white enamelled taille d'épargne gold decoration, the base identically framed, the sides and base engine-turned with a diaper pattern and enamelled in translucent blue, the four canted corners enamelled in black and white and engraved en taille d'épargne with vases of flowers flanked by white enamelled columns
3½ in. (93 mm.) wide