Lot Essay
Another box by this Genevan goldsmith is in the Louvre (see Serge Grandjean, Les tabatières du musée du Louvre, Paris, 1981, no. 544).
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A SWISS ENAMELLED GOLD BOÎTE-À-ROUGE
MAKER'S MARK CROWNED "DMC", GENEVA, CIRCA 1780/1790
Circular box with independent cover, the lid, side panels and base enamelled in translucent violet on an engine-turned ground with concentrical circles scattered with pellets, within opaque white enamel bands, the central rosettes, mounts and side dividers enamelled in opaque white and translucent red and green with beads, foliage and flowerheads on a matted gold ground
53mm. (2 1/8in.) diam., three side panels damaged and retouched
MAKER'S MARK CROWNED "DMC", GENEVA, CIRCA 1780/1790
Circular box with independent cover, the lid, side panels and base enamelled in translucent violet on an engine-turned ground with concentrical circles scattered with pellets, within opaque white enamel bands, the central rosettes, mounts and side dividers enamelled in opaque white and translucent red and green with beads, foliage and flowerheads on a matted gold ground
53mm. (2 1/8in.) diam., three side panels damaged and retouched