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Lot 134: A SWISS SPLIT-PEARL BORDERD ENAMELLED GOLD SNUFF-BOX

Est: £8,000 GBP - £12,000 GBPSold:
Christie'sLondon, United KingdomMay 25, 2004

Item Overview

Description

by Rémond, Lamy & Co., marked, Geneva, circa 1800, the enamel by Jean-Louis Richter (1766-1841), signed 'Richter' (lower left)
Octagonal box, the cover enamelled en plein with a view of a mountainous lakeside landscape with three shepherds watering their cattle and sheep in the foreground, within a narrow blue enamel and split-pearl border, the base and four side panels engine-turned with a vertical coin pattern enamelled in translucent blue, black and purple with floating lozenges separated by vertical black lines, the base framed by black enamelled gold bands with parcel-blue and white enamelled taille d'épargne scalloped gold decoration, the side panels flanked by engraved columns decorated with blue enamelled lozenges, the four canted corners enamelled in black and engraved en taille d'épargne with vases parcel-enamelled in sky blue and white
3 3/4 in. (95 mm.) wide

Artist or Maker

Provenance

Sotheby's, London, 5 December 1960, lot 33 (£420 to Wartski).

Notes

The repetitive use of background scenery as seen in the present lot and lot 135 is characteristic of Richter's work. See H. Boeckh, 'Jean-Louis Richter, peintre genevois sur émail (1766-1841): son mode de travail et le choix de ses motifs', Genava, n.s., XXXI, 1983, pp. 101-119.

(SEE ALSO CATALOGUE FRONT COVER ILLUSTRATION)

VAT rate of 5% is payable on hammer price plus buyer's premium

Auction Details

Important Gold Boxes, Objects of Vertu and Portrait Miniatures

by
Christie's
May 25, 2004, 12:00 AM EST

8 King Street, St. James's, London, LDN, SW1Y 6QT, UK