'The Hat Trick'; a young gentleman seated beside two ladies; the gentleman, facing left in pink velvet coat and white shirt, green trousers, hiding a little mouse under a grey hat in his lap, trying to convince a reluctant lady to touch his little mouse, the lady, in white dress with orange bodice and blue sleeves with white underskirt, white scarf twisted in her powdered upswept hair, an intrigued girl beside her in white dress with purple bodice, white scarf in her upswept powdered hair; foliate and sky background

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THE MUSSARD WORKSHOP, CIRCA 1730/1740
'The Hat Trick'; a young gentleman seated beside two ladies; the gentleman, facing left in pink velvet coat and white shirt, green trousers, hiding a little mouse under a grey hat in his lap, trying to convince a reluctant lady to touch his little mouse, the lady, in white dress with orange bodice and blue sleeves with white underskirt, white scarf twisted in her powdered upswept hair, an intrigued girl beside her in white dress with purple bodice, white scarf in her upswept powdered hair; foliate and sky background
enamel on copper
octagonal, 1 13/16 x 2 5/8 in. (46 x 67 mm.), gold bezel

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拍品專文

This topic enjoyed great popularity with the Geneva enamellists; for another version, see Sotheby's, Geneva, 6 May 1981, lot 198, and a more explicit circular version was sold Christie's, Geneva, 19 November 1996, lot 276.