Lot 48
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A SWISS PARCEL-ENAMELLED MUSICAL GOLD BOX
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A SWISS PARCEL-ENAMELLED MUSICAL GOLD BOX

BY JEAN-GEORGES RÉMOND (FL. 1783 - C. 1820), MARKED, GENEVA, CIRCA 1815/1820, THE FLANGE STRUCK WITH SERIAL NUMBER 980, THE MUSICAL MOVEMENT BY PIGUET & MEYLAN, GENEVA, MARKED 'P & M', AND STRUCK WITH SERIAL NUMBER 980, MOVEMENT AND INSIDE OF LID SCRATCHED WITH SERIAL NUMBER 980 AND 'DANSSE & DIMIER A GENÊVE'

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A SWISS PARCEL-ENAMELLED MUSICAL GOLD BOX
by Jean-Georges Rémond (fl. 1783 - c. 1820), marked, Geneva, circa 1815/1820, the flange struck with serial number 980, the musical movement by Piguet & Meylan, Geneva, marked 'P & M', and struck with serial number 980, movement and inside of lid scratched with serial number 980 and 'Dansse & Dimier a Genêve'
Satchel-shaped gold box, the panels on cover, base and rear side engraved with vertical wavy engine-turning within sablé borders stamped with leaves and blue-enamelled quatrefoils, the lower part of the hinged cover decorated with a gold panel simulating the clasp of a satchel with blue-enamelled borders decorated with taille d'épargne leaves and pellets, the curved sides gadrooned, the musical movement released by a missing lever at the left-hand side, the inside with sur-plateau movement and 19 teeth, keyhole in the base, associated key with lozenge-shaped handle
2 11/16 in. (68 mm.) long (2)
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Lot Essay

For a similar box with two air sur-plateau movement also by Piguet & Meylan, Geneva, see the sale of Mechanical Music and Automata, Christie's, South Kensington, 25 May 2004, lot 765.
Isaac-Daniel Piguet was born in Le Chenit in the Valley of Joux in 1775. He settled in Geneva in 1811, where he formed a partnership with Philippe-Samuel Meylan (1772-1845). The company specialised in miniature musical movements and automata, often extremely thin, concealed in watches or snuff-boxes of ingenious design such as a butterfly or the satchel-form case offered here. Serial numbers of similar pieces offered at auction recently have ranged from 953 to 3456.

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