Lot Essay
The enamellist Albert Feller, from Geneva, is mentioned in Ulrich Thieme and Felix Becker, Allgemeines Lexikon der bildenden Künstler, Leipzig, XI, 1915, p. 373 verbo Feller, Frank.
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A FRENCH RESTAURATION GOLD, HARDSTONE AND ENAMEL SNUFF-BOX
PARIS, 1819-1838. MAKER'S MARK INDISTINCT
Oval box with bombé sides, the slightly raised lid inset with a Swiss oval enamel plaque mounted à-jour, depicting a bouquet of flowers with a sculpted stone fountain and a pavillion in the background, the cover framed with a stamped acanthus border, the sides cast with mythological scenes, the base similarly bordered and centred by a brown agate plaque mounted à jour, with slightly raised plain gold thumbpiece
61 mm. wide
PARIS, 1819-1838. MAKER'S MARK INDISTINCT
Oval box with bombé sides, the slightly raised lid inset with a Swiss oval enamel plaque mounted à-jour, depicting a bouquet of flowers with a sculpted stone fountain and a pavillion in the background, the cover framed with a stamped acanthus border, the sides cast with mythological scenes, the base similarly bordered and centred by a brown agate plaque mounted à jour, with slightly raised plain gold thumbpiece
61 mm. wide