PARIS, 1727/1728, WITH THE CHARGE AND DISCHARGE MARKS OF JACQUES COTTIN, THE ENAMEL FROM THE MUSSARD WORKSHOP, GENEVA, CIRCA 1725/1728, THE MINIATURE ATTRIBUTED TO CARL-GUSTAV KLINGSTEDT (1657-1734)

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AN EARLY LOUIS XV GOLD SNUFF-BOX SET WITH AN ENAMEL AND A MINIATURE
Paris, 1727/1728, with the charge and discharge marks of Jacques Cottin, the enamel from the Mussard workshop, Geneva, circa 1725/1728, the miniature attributed to Carl-Gustav Klingstedt (1657-1734)
Rectangular box with wavy outlines, the cover inset with a rectangular enamel plaque finely painted with Vertumnus seducing Pomona, within a reeded gold border, surrounded by foliage and flowers boldly chased on a sablé ground within a border of reeding, the cartouches on the four sides, receding rounded corners and base panels similarly chased, the central panel on base chased with a bird perched on a branch with foliage and leaves, scrolling reeded slightly everted Rocaille thumbpiece; the inside set with a glazed miniature finely painted on vellum with a mythological scene depicting Bacchus, a Satyr and Ceres with attendant approaching Venus watched by Cupid
33/8 in. (85 mm.) wide

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With S. Bulgari.

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(SEE ILLUSTRATION OF INSIDE MINIATURE ON P. 5)

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The enamel on the cover refers to the history related in Ovid's Metamorphoses (14:623-697 and 765-771). The Italian god Vertumnus tried to woo Pomona, a goddess of gardens, orchards and the ripening fruit, in various rustic disguises but in vain. He finally gained her presence in the form of an old woman.
The miniature at the inside depicts the saying 'Sine Baccho et Cerere friget Venus', a topic especially popular in 17th century painting. This quotation from the Roman comic dramatist Terence (The Eunuch, 732) implies that love grows old without the stimulus of wine and feasting.