BY RÉMOND, LAMY & CO., MARKED, GENEVA, CIRCA 1800, THE ENAMEL BY JEAN-LOUIS RICHTER (1766-1841), SIGNED 'RICHTER' (LOWER LEFT)

Details

A SWISS SPLIT-PEARL BORDERD ENAMELLED GOLD SNUFF-BOX
by Rémond, Lamy & Co., marked, Geneva, circa 1800, the enamel by Jean-Louis Richter (1766-1841), signed 'Richter' (lower left)
Octagonal box, the cover enamelled en plein with a view of a mountainous lakeside landscape with three shepherds watering their cattle and sheep in the foreground, within a narrow blue enamel and split-pearl border, the base and four side panels engine-turned with a vertical coin pattern enamelled in translucent blue, black and purple with floating lozenges separated by vertical black lines, the base framed by black enamelled gold bands with parcel-blue and white enamelled taille d'épargne scalloped gold decoration, the side panels flanked by engraved columns decorated with blue enamelled lozenges, the four canted corners enamelled in black and engraved en taille d'épargne with vases parcel-enamelled in sky blue and white
3¾ in. (95 mm.) wide

Provenance

Sotheby's, London, 5 December 1960, lot 33 (£420 to Wartski).

Special notice

VAT rate of 5% is payable on hammer price plus buyer's premium

Further details

(SEE ALSO CATALOGUE FRONT COVER ILLUSTRATION)

Lot Essay

The repetitive use of background scenery as seen in the present lot and lot 135 is characteristic of Richter's work. See H. Boeckh, 'Jean-Louis Richter, peintre genevois sur émail (1766-1841): son mode de travail et le choix de ses motifs', Genava, n.s., XXXI, 1983, pp. 101-119.

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