Lot Essay
This box, typical of Swiss work for the Turkish market, was acquired by John A. McDougall in Constantinople in 1907.
Property of
ROBERT A. CHILCOTT
A SWISS GOLD AND ENAMEL SNUFF BOX
Details
A SWISS GOLD AND ENAMEL SNUFF BOX
CIRCA 1830
For the Oriental market, scalloped oval, the base, sides and hinged cover with painted blue and yellow enamel fluted panels of flowers and musical trophies with white enamel borders, the base with a blue enamel oval panel, the cover with a painted landscape scene with sailboat and opalescent sky, the interior hinged cover painted with enamel landscape scene of a lake, sailboats and architecture within an escutcheon border of green enamel and scrolling foliage, apparently unmarked
3¼in. (8.3cm.) long
CIRCA 1830
For the Oriental market, scalloped oval, the base, sides and hinged cover with painted blue and yellow enamel fluted panels of flowers and musical trophies with white enamel borders, the base with a blue enamel oval panel, the cover with a painted landscape scene with sailboat and opalescent sky, the interior hinged cover painted with enamel landscape scene of a lake, sailboats and architecture within an escutcheon border of green enamel and scrolling foliage, apparently unmarked
3¼in. (8.3cm.) long
Provenance
John A. McDougall
by descent to the present owner
by descent to the present owner