.jpg?w=1)
GENEVA, CIRCA 1780, BEARING 'PRESTIGE MARKS' INCLUDING A SHELL RESEMBLING THE DISCHARGE MARK OF ELOY BRICHARD, LATER STRUCK WITH TWO FRENCH IMPORT MARKS FOR GOLD 1864-1893
Details
A SWISS TWO-COLOUR GOLD BONBONNIÈRE SET WITH AN ENAMEL
Geneva, circa 1780, bearing 'prestige marks' including a shell resembling the discharge mark of Eloy Brichard, later struck with two French import marks for gold 1864-1893
Circular box, the independent cover and base engine-turned with concentric reeding, the lid centred by a circular enamel miniature depicting a young Oriental gentleman seated in a landscape and playing the balalaika to a young lady in pink dress, within a reeded border, the sides similarly engine-turned with horizontal reeding, the sablé borders chased with foliate garlands twisted with dotted bands
1 13/16 in. (45 mm.) diam.
Geneva, circa 1780, bearing 'prestige marks' including a shell resembling the discharge mark of Eloy Brichard, later struck with two French import marks for gold 1864-1893
Circular box, the independent cover and base engine-turned with concentric reeding, the lid centred by a circular enamel miniature depicting a young Oriental gentleman seated in a landscape and playing the balalaika to a young lady in pink dress, within a reeded border, the sides similarly engine-turned with horizontal reeding, the sablé borders chased with foliate garlands twisted with dotted bands
1 13/16 in. (45 mm.) diam.
Special notice
VAT rate of 5% is payable on hammer price plus buyer's premium.
Further details
(ILLUSTRATED ON PREVIOUS PAGE)