Lot Essay
A similar box by the same maker was sold by Poulain Le Fur, Paris, March 7, 1994, lot 185bis.
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A SWISS GOLD AND ENAMEL PEARL-SET SNUFF BOX
MAKER'S MARK OF JEAN GEORGES REMOND, GENEVA, CIRCA 1800
Of rectangular form with canted corners, the base, sides and hinged cover with geometric panels of black and translucent blue enamel on a moire ground within white enamel and gold borders, with pale blue and black enamel leaf decoration at the corners, the hinged cover with a stiff leaf border centering a square cartouche bordered with pearls enclosing a painted scene of the Abduction of the Priestess Chariclea by Theagenes with the help of the Egyptian Calasiris, marked on interior base and cover--3¾in.(9.5cm.) long
MAKER'S MARK OF JEAN GEORGES REMOND, GENEVA, CIRCA 1800
Of rectangular form with canted corners, the base, sides and hinged cover with geometric panels of black and translucent blue enamel on a moire ground within white enamel and gold borders, with pale blue and black enamel leaf decoration at the corners, the hinged cover with a stiff leaf border centering a square cartouche bordered with pearls enclosing a painted scene of the Abduction of the Priestess Chariclea by Theagenes with the help of the Egyptian Calasiris, marked on interior base and cover--3¾in.(9.5cm.) long