Details
Ovale à décor guilloché de filets horizontaux ciselés de guirlandes de fruits, les bord ciselés de branches feuillagées et fleurs sur fond sablé, le couvercle appliqué au centre d'un panneau rectangulaire à pans coupés figurant un chien courant dans un paysage boisé et regardant un grand vase, le fond ciselé d'une fontaine dans un jardin, les panneaux latéraux séparés par des vases, poinçons dans le couvercle et le fond: maître-orfèvre; sur la gorge: poinçons de contrôle postérieur
L.: 7,3 cm. (278 in.)
82 gr. (2 oz. 12 dwt.)
Provenance
Vente Sotheby's, New York, 4 juin 1998, lot 51.
FURTHER DETAILS
A SWISS THREE-COLOUR GOLD SNUFF BOX
GENEVA, CIRCA 1790, MAKER'S MARK Js.M INCUSE
Oval, the lid with a central panel chased with a barking dog and urn, the ground, sides and base engine turned with a fountain in a park, trophies and flower garlands, within chased laurel borders, mark in cover and base: maker's mark; on flange: later control mark twice
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