细节
A SWISS ENAMELLED GOLD SNUFF-BOX
GENEVA, CIRCA 1780; MAKER'S MARK B. G., STRUCK WITH MARKS RESEMBLING THE CHARGE MARK OF JULIEN ALATERRE AND THE DECHARGE MARK OF JEAN-BAPTISTE FOUACHE, PARIS 1768-1774, AND CROWNED LETTER K FOR 1773
Oval box, the cover, sides and base enamelled in translucent steel-blue on an engine-turned reeded ground scattered with pellets, within chased and enamelled borders of slightly raised intertwined foliage, berries and pearl garlands, the sides panels interspaced with sablé pilasters of stylised enamelled foliage, the cover set with an enamel plaque depicting Alexander the Great and his physician Philip
3 1⁄8 in. (78 mm.) wide
来源
Christopher Henry Thomas Hawkins of Trewithen, Cornwall and 10 Portland Place, London, landowner and prodigious collector.
C.H.T. Hawkins, deceased, of 10 Portland Place; Christie's, London, 17 May 1904, lot 1182 (250 gns. to Duveen).
Joseph Duveen (1869-1939), later knighted, created a baronet and made Lord Duveen of Millbank, art dealer and benefactor, director of Duveen Brothers.
Anonymous sale; Christie's, London, 28 November 1984, lot 229.
Anonymous sale; Christie's, London, 21 June 1999, lot 176.
French & English Furniture from a Distinguished Private Collection; Christie's, New York, 24 October 2017, lot 6.