A FRENCH ENAMELLED GOLD BOîTE-A-JOURNÉE

BY MOYSE-JACQUES DECOR, MARKED, PARIS, CIRCA 1835, WITH THE PARISIAN THIRD STANDARD MARK AND GUARANTEE MARK FOR GOLD 1819-1838, LATER STRUCK WITH TWO FRENCH POST-1838 RESTRICTED WARRANTY MARKS FOR GOLD

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A FRENCH ENAMELLED GOLD BOîTE-A-JOURNÉE
BY MOYSE-JACQUES DECOR, MARKED, PARIS, CIRCA 1835, WITH THE PARISIAN THIRD STANDARD MARK AND GUARANTEE MARK FOR GOLD 1819-1838, LATER STRUCK WITH TWO FRENCH POST-1838 RESTRICTED WARRANTY MARKS FOR GOLD
rectangular box with rounded corners, the cover and sides painted with colourful floral sprays and foliage in opaque and translucent champlevé enamel within gold outlines on an opaque black enamel ground, the base similarly enamelled with a colourful geometric pattern, within red, black and white taille d’épargne lozenge and pellet borders
2½ in. (65 mm.) wide

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Lot Essay

Moyse-Jacques Decor is listed as a monteur de boîtes who worked in Paris at 7 rue de La Lanterne from 1833-1842. A box by this goldsmith with very similar decoration to the present example was sold Christie's, Geneva, 19 November 1996, lot 237.

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