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VINAIGRETTE SUISSE EN OR ET MICROMOSAÏQUE

VERS 1815, PROBABLEMENT GENÈVE; LA MICROMOSAÏQUE, ROME, VERS 1810-1815

    Price Realised EUR 7,560
    Estimate
    EUR 2,000 - EUR 3,000
    Closed: 22 Nov 2023
    VINAIGRETTE SUISSE EN OR ET MICROMOSAÏQUE

    VERS 1815, PROBABLEMENT GENÈVE; LA MICROMOSAÏQUE, ROME, VERS 1810-1815

    Price Realised EUR 7,560
    Closed: 22 Nov 2023
    Price Realised EUR 7,560
    Closed: 22 Nov 2023
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    En forme de navette, la base ciselée d’un motif imitant les plumes de paon partiellement émaillée en noir (restes), le couvercle à charnière à décor sablé et centré d’une micromosaïque figurant un épagneul allongé dans l’herbe, la grille ajourée d’un treillage concentrique, apparemment sans poinçons
    L.: 4 cm. (15⁄8 in.)
    Poids brut: 29 gr. (18 dwt.)
    Provenance
    Vente Christie's, Londres, 24 mai 2000, lot 261.
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    A SWISS GOLD VINAIGRETTE SET WITH A ROMAN MICROMOSAIC
    GENEVA, CIRCA 1815, THE MICROMOSAIC, ROME, 1810-1815
    Shuttle shaped, the base chased with scalework centred by peacock feathering, the cover centred by a micromosaic figuring a spaniel lying on a bed of grass, on sablé ground, the grille pierced with a pattern of interwoven circles, apparently unmarked

    The dog is a popular subject with micromosaicists, probably at the request of customers, particularly English vistors on their Italian Grand Tour. This version of the spaniel was used repeativly by all micromosaic artists and another version of this spaniel is illustrated in J. Hanisee Gabriel, The Gilbert Collection Micromosaics, London, 2000, p. 75, No 23. This one is by Antonio Aguatti, one of the most talented manufacturers of micromosaics, known for the finesse of his work and the richness of his palette.
    For another vinaigrette decorated with a similar micromosaic see lot 69.
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