Lot 239
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A FINE SWISS GOLD, ENAMEL, PEARL- AND GEM-SET MUSICAL SNUFF BOX
PROPERTY OF AN EAST COAST FAMILY
A FINE SWISS GOLD, ENAMEL, PEARL- AND GEM-SET MUSICAL SNUFF BOX

MARK OF PIGUET & CAPT (THE MOVEMENT) AND JEAN-GEORGE REMOND (THE BOX), GENEVA, CIRCA 1810

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A FINE SWISS GOLD, ENAMEL, PEARL- AND GEM-SET MUSICAL SNUFF BOX
MARK OF PIGUET & CAPT (THE MOVEMENT) AND JEAN-GEORGE REMOND (THE BOX), GENEVA, CIRCA 1810
Purse-form, the cover, sides and base with translucent blue and black guilloché enamel, set with split pearls and the clasp with a diamond, the movement playing tunes, with brass and steel key, marked inside base and on bezel with maker’s marks I over GRC in lozenge, and P & C in an oval, also with French guaranty mark for 1809-1819
2 ¼ in. (58 mm.) long

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Lot Essay

Isaac Daniel Piguet (1775-1841) and Henry Capt (1773-1841), in partnership from 1802-1811, specialized in musical and automaton watches and boxes. Capt, Piguet’s brother-in-law, was one of the first in Geneva to use the pinned cylinder and tuned-tooth comb musical mechanism.

A closely-related purse-form musical box by the same makers was sold in these Rooms, 26 October 2007, lot 1.

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