Lot Essay
Another box by Joseph Wolfgang Schmidt similarly decorated with labradorite panels within gold foliate borders is in the collection of The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston (94.973).
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MAKER'S MARK JOSEPH WOLFGANG SCHMIDT (FL.1769-1836), VIENNA, CIRCA 1800, STRUCK WITH FRENCH POST-1817 GOLD WARRANTY MARK FOR FOREIGN ITEMS
Details
AN AUSTRIAN GOLD-MOUNTED HARDSTONE BONBONNIERE SET WITH AN ENAMEL MINIATURE
MAKER'S MARK JOSEPH WOLFGANG SCHMIDT (FL.1769-1836), VIENNA, CIRCA 1800, STRUCK WITH FRENCH POST-1817 GOLD WARRANTY MARK FOR FOREIGN ITEMS
Circular stone-lined box, the cover, base, and sides inlaid with panels of labradorite framing on the cover a later oval enamel plaque depicting The Seductress, and on the base a lapis lazuli disc, within raised foliate and pellet garland borders, marked on flange and inside cover
3 3/8 in. (8.6 cm.) diameter
MAKER'S MARK JOSEPH WOLFGANG SCHMIDT (FL.1769-1836), VIENNA, CIRCA 1800, STRUCK WITH FRENCH POST-1817 GOLD WARRANTY MARK FOR FOREIGN ITEMS
Circular stone-lined box, the cover, base, and sides inlaid with panels of labradorite framing on the cover a later oval enamel plaque depicting The Seductress, and on the base a lapis lazuli disc, within raised foliate and pellet garland borders, marked on flange and inside cover
3 3/8 in. (8.6 cm.) diameter
Provenance
Acquired from Wartski's, London, February 1990.
Brought to you by
Jonathan Rendell