Large oval box, the cover, base and sides finely chased in four-colour gold with scenes in the manner of David Teniers the Younger against a horizontally reeded ground, on the cover three gentlemen seated at a table drinking and smoking a pipe while the third plays the flute, the base with a couple drinking, the front panel depicting a man playing the bagpipe with his dog sleeping nearby, the back features a young boy fishing, on each ends a music trophy and a harvest trophy, all the scenes framed by scrolling foliage forming cartouches enamelled en plein
3³⁄₈ in. (85 mm.) wide
gross weight 4 oz. 10 dwt. (170 gr.)

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Lot Essay

The enamelled scenes are in the style of David Teniers the Younger (1610-90), whose paintings were extremely popular with the aristocracy and therefore a source of inspiration for enamel artists particularly in France and Switzerland. Teniers is considered the leading Flemish genre painter, known especially for developing the peasant genre, tavern scenes, and scenes with alchemists and physicians, all featured on this box.