A SWISS ENAMELLED GOLD SNUFF-BOX

BY RÉMOND, LAMY & CO., MARKED, GENEVA, 1801-1804, THE ENAMEL PLAQUE BY JEAN-LOUIS RICHTER (1766-1841), SIGNED (LOWER RIGHT)

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A SWISS ENAMELLED GOLD SNUFF-BOX
BY RÉMOND, LAMY & CO., MARKED, GENEVA, 1801-1804, THE ENAMEL PLAQUE BY JEAN-LOUIS RICHTER (1766-1841), SIGNED (LOWER RIGHT)
rectangular box with canted corners, the cover inset with a rectangular enamel plaque finely painted with a view of a lake with figures and boats, mountainous landscape and village in the background, the sides and base set with panels of lozenge pattern engine-turning, the cover and base bordered with a black and blue taille d'épargne surround inset with opaque white enamel frames, the black enamelled canted corners decorated with baskets of flowers on a plinth draped with swags and flanked by two pillars
3 3/8 in. (85 mm.) wide

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Lot Essay

The enamel scene on the cover is characteristic of Richter's work. See H. Boeckh, 'Jean-Louis Richter, peintre genevois sur émail (1766-1841): son mode de travail et le choix de ses motifs', Geneva, n.s., XXXI, 1983, pp. 101-119. A very similar box by the same maker with an enamel by Richter was sold Christie's, London, 27 November 2007, lot 78.

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