Lot Essay
The cover is based upon the painting The Fountain of Love by Jean-Honoré Fragonard.
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MAKER'S MARK OF I.G. RÉMOND & COMPANY, GENEVA, 1790-1800
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A SWISS GOLD AND ENAMEL SNUFF BOX
Maker's mark of I.G. Rémond & Company, Geneva, 1790-1800
Rectangular with canted corners, the base and sides with translucent blue enamel on a gold engine-turned ground within foliate borders of matted gold and champlevé enamel, The cover with a painted enamel scene of The Fountain of Love within chased gold borders of tied berried laurel leaves, with fitted shagreen case; marked inside base, the rim with French import marks
The cover depicting The Fountain of Love by Fragonard with engine-turned and blue enamel borders
3¾in. (9.5cm.) long
Maker's mark of I.G. Rémond & Company, Geneva, 1790-1800
Rectangular with canted corners, the base and sides with translucent blue enamel on a gold engine-turned ground within foliate borders of matted gold and champlevé enamel, The cover with a painted enamel scene of The Fountain of Love within chased gold borders of tied berried laurel leaves, with fitted shagreen case; marked inside base, the rim with French import marks
The cover depicting The Fountain of Love by Fragonard with engine-turned and blue enamel borders
3¾in. (9.5cm.) long
Sale room notice
Please note the illustration for this lot is misnumbered as 515.