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BY RÉMOND, LAMY & CO., MARKED, GENEVA, CIRCA 1800, THE ENAMEL BY JEAN-FRANÇOIS SOIRON (1756-1813), SIGNED 'SOIRON PIN..' (LOWER CENTRE)
Details
A FINE SWISS ENAMELLED GOLD SNUFF-BOX
by Rémond, Lamy & Co., marked, Geneva, circa 1800, the enamel by Jean-François Soiron (1756-1813), signed 'Soiron pin..' (lower centre)
Octagonal box, the cover inset with an octagonal enamel miniature finely painted with Psyche holding an oil lamp and approaching sleeping Cupid, on a classical terrace with moonlit landscape background, within a matted gold frame stamped with stylized acanthus alternating with roses, the panels on four sides and base engine-turned and enamelled in translucent blue on black with a flinqué pattern of vertical coin-pattern bars interwoven with horizontal wavy coin-pattern bands, the four corners enamelled in black and engraved with blue enamelled taille d'épargne berried scrolls
3¾ in. (94 mm.) wide
by Rémond, Lamy & Co., marked, Geneva, circa 1800, the enamel by Jean-François Soiron (1756-1813), signed 'Soiron pin..' (lower centre)
Octagonal box, the cover inset with an octagonal enamel miniature finely painted with Psyche holding an oil lamp and approaching sleeping Cupid, on a classical terrace with moonlit landscape background, within a matted gold frame stamped with stylized acanthus alternating with roses, the panels on four sides and base engine-turned and enamelled in translucent blue on black with a flinqué pattern of vertical coin-pattern bars interwoven with horizontal wavy coin-pattern bands, the four corners enamelled in black and engraved with blue enamelled taille d'épargne berried scrolls
3¾ in. (94 mm.) wide
Provenance
Mrs I. V. J. Manley; Christie's, London, 21 November 1967, lot 137.
Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, Geneva, 17 November 1988, lot 408 (18,500 SFr.).
'Antiquorum in Love', Antiquorum, Geneva, 16 November 1997, lot 20.
Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, Geneva, 17 November 1988, lot 408 (18,500 SFr.).
'Antiquorum in Love', Antiquorum, Geneva, 16 November 1997, lot 20.
Special notice
VAT rate of 5% is payable on hammer price plus buyer's premium