A SWISS JEWELLED ENAMELLED GOLD VINAIGRETTE

MAKER'S MARK D G, GENEVA, CIRCA 1820, STRUCK WITH TWO FRENCH POST-1838 RESTRICTED WARRANTY MARKS FOR GOLD

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A SWISS JEWELLED ENAMELLED GOLD VINAIGRETTE
MAKER'S MARK D G, GENEVA, CIRCA 1820, STRUCK WITH TWO FRENCH POST-1838 RESTRICTED WARRANTY MARKS FOR GOLD
formed as a leopard couchant, the cover realistically painted in enamel, the outer border set with seed pearls, the sides set with panels of translucent dark-blue enamel on an engine-turned ground within pilasters with taille d’épargne gold flower-heads
1 5/8 in. (42 mm.) wide

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Lot Essay

A similar box with a lion on the cover is in the The Rosalinde and Arthur Gilbert Collection on loan to the Victoria and Albert Museum, no. 1047-2008. A further example with a sheep on the cover was sold Christie's, London, 22 May 2001, lot 352. A related cheetah-form box was sold Christie's, New York, 18 April 1991, lot 192.

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