POSSIBLY HANAU, WITH SPURIOUS MARKS FOR CHARLES-SIMON BOCHER, WITH THE CHARGE MARK OF ELOY BRICHARD 1756-1762 AND THE DATE LETTER FOR 1750-1752, STAMPED WITH INVENTORY NUMBER 260

Details

A GERMAN ENAMELLED VARI-GOLD SNUFF-BOX
POSSIBLY HANAU, WITH SPURIOUS MARKS FOR CHARLES-SIMON BOCHER, WITH THE CHARGE MARK OF ELOY BRICHARD 1756-1762 AND THE DATE LETTER FOR 1750-1752, STAMPED WITH INVENTORY NUMBER 260
Rectangular box, the cover, sides and base set with panels of sunburst pattern engine-turning, each set with an oval enamel plaque painted with colourful floral sprays within chased vari-colour gold foliate frames, the outer vari-colour gold borders and column corners enamelled in imitation lapis lazuli and chased with rocaille and scrolls, with wavy internal flange
3 in. (76 mm.) wide

Provenance

Distinguished Private Collection; Christie's, New York, 24 October 2017, lot 19.

Special notice

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Lot Essay

This box carries a maker's mark resembling that of Charles-Simon Bocher who registered his mark in March 1751 but was declared bankrupt in 1756. In spite of this the Louvre Museum holds an enamelled snuff-box set on the cover with a grisaille depicting putti playing and dated 1775-1781 suggesting that he was still working by then (see S. Grandjean, Catalogue des tabatières boites et étuis des XVIIIe et XIXe siècles du musée du Louvre, Paris, 1981, n° 42, acc. No OA 2200).

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