Lot Essay
A replica of this miniature, signed Courtois, is illustrated in K. Henninger-Tavcar, Miniaturportrts, Pforzheim, 1995, p. 165.
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GENEVA, CIRCA 1780/1800, MAKER'S MARK JAR A CROWN ABOVE
Details
A SWISS ENAMELLED GOLD SNUFF-BOX
Geneva, circa 1780/1800, maker's mark JAR a crown above
Oval box, the cover, sides and base engine-turned with concentric elliptical spheres sprinkled with pellets and coated with translucent violet enamel, bordered with opaque white enamel bands, the lid centred with an oval enamel plaque painted with four young nymphs caressing a monk sleeping at a dressed tabled, within a stamped gold framed bordered by opalescent enamel beads, the matted gold borders and side pilasters applied with opalescent enamel beads and opaque turquoise-blue, translucent green and red enamelled flowerheads, leaves and berries
3 in. (84 mm.) wide
Geneva, circa 1780/1800, maker's mark JAR a crown above
Oval box, the cover, sides and base engine-turned with concentric elliptical spheres sprinkled with pellets and coated with translucent violet enamel, bordered with opaque white enamel bands, the lid centred with an oval enamel plaque painted with four young nymphs caressing a monk sleeping at a dressed tabled, within a stamped gold framed bordered by opalescent enamel beads, the matted gold borders and side pilasters applied with opalescent enamel beads and opaque turquoise-blue, translucent green and red enamelled flowerheads, leaves and berries
3 in. (84 mm.) wide
Provenance
The Lord Rothschild, G.B.E., G.M., F.R.S.; Christie's, London, 30 June 1982, lot 12.