PROBABLY BERLIN, CIRCA 1860, BEARING MARKS RESEMBLING THE CHARGE MARK OF HENRY CLAVEL, A MAKER'S MARK 'CBS' AND A CROWNED CAPITAL 'A' AND ANOTHER MARK, LATER STRUCK WITH THE DUTCH IMPORT MARK FOR GOLD 1906-1953, THE FLANGE STRUCK WITH INVENTORY NO. 120, THE COVER ENAMEL INDISTINCTLY SIGNED

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A GERMAN VARI-COLOUR GOLD TABLE SNUFF-BOX SET WITH ENAMELS
PROBABLY BERLIN, CIRCA 1860, BEARING MARKS RESEMBLING THE CHARGE MARK OF HENRY CLAVEL, A MAKER'S MARK 'CBS' AND A CROWNED CAPITAL 'A' AND ANOTHER MARK, LATER STRUCK WITH THE DUTCH IMPORT MARK FOR GOLD 1906-1953, THE FLANGE STRUCK WITH INVENTORY NO. 120, THE COVER ENAMEL INDISTINCTLY SIGNED
rectangular large box with cut corners, the cover, base and sides inset with enamel plaques painted with domestic scenes after or in the manner of Greuze, the canted corners with enamel panels simulating striated marble, the matted gold mounts chased in four-colour gold with fruit, flowers and foliage, scrolling shell thumbpiece, the eight side pilasters chased as columns
3 7/8 in. (94 mm.) wide

Provenance

Anonymous sale; Mak van Waay, Amsterdam, sale no. 169, 24 May 1966, lot 2758 (to Dreesmann).
Dr Anton C. R. Dreesmann (inventory no. F-19).
Dr Anton C.R. Dreesmann (inventory no. F.-19); Christie's, London, 11 April 2002, lot 865.

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Lot Essay

The enamels on the lid and on the front side wall are after paintings by Jean-Baptiste Greuze. The cover depicts L'Accordée de Village, exhibited by Greuze in 1761 under the title of Un Mariage, et l'instant où le père de l'Accordée délivre la dot à son gendre. The front side enamel is after La lecture de la Bible, ou un père de famille expliquant la Bible à ses enfants which was exhibited by Greuze at the Salon in 1755 and proved so successful that Greuze was accepted as an agréé of the Académie Royale. Both paintings, typical for Greuze's choice of unjaded subject matters from a lost world of innocence and obedience, were extremely popular and are often seen as decoration on snuff-boxes.

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