細節
AN IMPORTANT LOUIS XV GOLD AND ENAMEL DOUBLE SNUFFBOX
Jean Ducrollay, Paris, 1754-55
Rectangular, the cover and base each with en plein enamel panel depicting a Muse reclining on clouds, the sides with four en plein enamel panels depicting musical trophies, one with an open songbook inscribed "JE CHANTE LA GLOIRE DES DIEUX," all panels surrounded by basse-taille translucent enamel ribbons and foliage against an engraved trellis ground, the cover with a false thumbpiece disguising two hinged covers at the front and back, marked inside base and inside cover, on interior divider, and with the discharge mark on one bezel
2¾in. (7.2cm.) long
來源
Robert McCall (d. 1854) of Philadelphia, purchased in Paris
Peter McCall, son, m. 1846 to Jane Byrd Mercer (b.1825)
John Cadwalader Sr., received as a gift from Mrs. Peter McCall
Miss Gertrude McCall, daughter of Peter McCall, received as a gift from John Cadwalader, Sr.
John Cadwalader, Jr. (b. 24 February 1874), received as a gift from Gertrude McCall
Anne Cadwalader (Mrs. John H. W. Ingersoll, b. 13 July 1911), then by descent to the present owner
This box is described in the Will of John Cadwalder, Jr., "to my daughter, Anne, I bequeath the gold enamel snuff box said to have belonged to Napoleon I and given to me by Miss Gertrude McCall in appreciation of my father's affection and life-long services to the family of Mr. Peter McCall who was also my Godfather." The Napoleon association came from Robert McCall, who bought the box in Paris at an auction of primarily Napoleonic material.
展覽
Philadelphia Museum of Art, "The Cadwalader Family," November 3, 1996-February 2, 1997
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