Lot Essay
The enamel miniature on the cover is inspired by Regnault's engraving of Fragonard's La fontaine d'amour, now in the Wallace Collection, London.
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A SWISS ENAMELLED AND SPLIT-PEARL SET GOLD SNUFF-BOX
BY GUIDON,RÉMOND & GIDE, MARKED, GENEVA, CIRCA 1800
Rectangular box with rounded corners, the lid inset with a rectangular enamel plaque painted with the Fountain of Love, after Fragonard, within a split-pearl border surrounded with a band of stylized acanthus on a black enamel band, framed by a blue enamel stripe on a gold ground, the four side panels and the base enamelled in translucent blue and black on a wavy engine-turned gold ground, the corners and borders with blue, white and black opaque enamel and engraved gold leaves
94 mm. wide
BY GUIDON,RÉMOND & GIDE, MARKED, GENEVA, CIRCA 1800
Rectangular box with rounded corners, the lid inset with a rectangular enamel plaque painted with the Fountain of Love, after Fragonard, within a split-pearl border surrounded with a band of stylized acanthus on a black enamel band, framed by a blue enamel stripe on a gold ground, the four side panels and the base enamelled in translucent blue and black on a wavy engine-turned gold ground, the corners and borders with blue, white and black opaque enamel and engraved gold leaves
94 mm. wide