Details
De forme hexagonale, émaillée en blanc décoré d’un treillage en paillons d’or parsemés de fleurons bleus, au centre une réserve octogonale décorée d’une offrande à l’amour figurant une nymphe assise sur socle près d’un grand vase, peint en polychrome sur fond bleu, marqués FJ entre trois étoiles dans le couvercle et le fond, sur la gorge numéro d'atelier 1283
L.: 9 cm. (312 in.)
Poids brut: 103 gr. (3 oz. 6 dwt.)
Provenance
Property of a New York Collector; Christie's, New York, 19 mai 2010, lot 1.
FURTHER DETAILS
A SWISS ENAMELLED GOLD SNUFF-BOX
BY FRANÇOIS JOANIN, GENEVA, CIRCA 1790
Octagonal, the base, sides and cover enamelled with a trellis of gold paillons and blue quatrefoils against a white ground, the cover centered by an octagonal reserve figuring an offering to Love with a nymph sitting on a plinth beside a vase enamelled en camaieu on blue ground, marked on the interior of cover and base with FJ incuse and three stars; the bezel numbered 1283
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