拍品 235
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A SWISS THREE-COLOUR GOLD SNUFF-BOX SET WITH A GOLD PLAQUE
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A SWISS THREE-COLOUR GOLD SNUFF-BOX SET WITH A GOLD PLAQUE

THE BOX BY MOULINIÉ, BAUTTE & MOYNIER, MARKED, GENEVA, CIRCA 1820/30, THE FLANGE ENGRAVED 'GENEVE - BAUTTE ET MOYNIER.', WITH THE FRENCH PROVINCIAL RESTRICTED WARRANTY MARK FOR GOLD 1809-1819, THE PLAQUE ATTRIBUTED TO KIRSTEIN OF STRASBURG, CA 1820/30

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A SWISS THREE-COLOUR GOLD SNUFF-BOX SET WITH A GOLD PLAQUE
the box by Moulinié, Bautte & Moynier, marked, Geneva, circa 1820/30, the flange engraved 'GENEVE - BAUTTE ET MOYNIER.', with the French Provincial restricted warranty mark for gold 1809-1819, the plaque attributed to Kirstein of Strasburg, ca 1820/30
Rectangular box with bulging sides, the cover inset with a gold plaque finely cast, chased and engraved with a hunting scene, a gentleman with his two hounds riding in a wooded landscape pursuing a boar, the gold frame, sides and base of matted gold and cast with scrolling foliage and flowers, similar slightly raised thumbpiece
3 3/8 in. (86 mm.) wide
6 oz. (174 gr.)
注意事項
VAT rate of 5% is payable on hammer price plus buyer's premium.

拍品專文

For a snuff-box by Bautte & Moynier with five gold plaques by Kirstein, see C. Truman, The Gilbert Collection of Gold Boxes - Volume Two, London, 1999, pp. 76-77, no. 47. Another plaque is illustrated in H./S. Berry-Hill, Antique Gold Boxes, New York, 1953, p. 148, fig. 132.