拍品專文
Another enamelled gold box by Pukhaver with portrait miniature is illustrated in C. Trumann, The Gilbert Collection of Gold Boxes, Los Angeles, 1991, pp. 316-317, no. 109.
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BY JOHN PUKHAVER (FL. 1774 - AFTER 1778), MARKED, WITH THE LONDON ASSAY OFFICE MARK 1756-1821, LONDON DATE LETTER 'C' FOR MAY 1778 - MAY 1779, AND THE ENGLISH STANDARD MARK FOR 22CT. GOLD 1756-1821
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A GEORGE III ENAMELLED GOLD SNUFF-BOX SET WITH AN ENAMEL MINIATURE
by John Pukhaver (fl. 1774 - after 1778), marked, with the London assay office mark 1756-1821, London date letter 'c' for May 1778 - May 1779, and the English standard mark for 22ct. gold 1756-1821
Oval box, the cover inset with a glazed enamel portrait miniature of a Maharani in orange dress, wearing a veil, rich pearl jewellery and a nose-ring, within a gold frame stamped with stylized acanthus leaves on a matted ground, set on an engine-turned panel enamelled in translucent blue, red and green and opaque white with lobed rays, pellets, trailing foliage and stylized flowerheads, the borders of sides and base engraved with a foliate ribbon-twist band, the sides engraved with a broad band of horizontal reeding divided by oval reserves engraved with swirling foliate rosettes and linked by scrolling foliage, the polished gold base centred by a circular reserve engraved with a swirling foliate rosette on an engine-turned ground of concentrical circles
2.15/16 in. (74 mm.) wide
by John Pukhaver (fl. 1774 - after 1778), marked, with the London assay office mark 1756-1821, London date letter 'c' for May 1778 - May 1779, and the English standard mark for 22ct. gold 1756-1821
Oval box, the cover inset with a glazed enamel portrait miniature of a Maharani in orange dress, wearing a veil, rich pearl jewellery and a nose-ring, within a gold frame stamped with stylized acanthus leaves on a matted ground, set on an engine-turned panel enamelled in translucent blue, red and green and opaque white with lobed rays, pellets, trailing foliage and stylized flowerheads, the borders of sides and base engraved with a foliate ribbon-twist band, the sides engraved with a broad band of horizontal reeding divided by oval reserves engraved with swirling foliate rosettes and linked by scrolling foliage, the polished gold base centred by a circular reserve engraved with a swirling foliate rosette on an engine-turned ground of concentrical circles
2.15/16 in. (74 mm.) wide
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