Lot Essay
Moyse-Jacques Decor struck his mark in 1833 and stopped his business in 1842. He was listed as a monteur de boîtes.
THE PROPERTY OF A GENTLEMAN
A Louis-Philippe enamelled gold Snuff-Box
BY MOYSE-JACQUES DECOR, MARKED, PARIS, 1833-1838, WITH DUTCH IMPORT MARK 1831-1893
Details
A Louis-Philippe enamelled gold Snuff-Box
by Moyse-Jacques Decor, marked, Paris, 1833-1838, with Dutch import mark 1831-1893
Flattened rectangular box with rounded corners, painted all over with abundant flowers in opaque champlevé enamel and with leaves in translucent green champlevé enamel on a guilloché ground, against an opaque black enamel background, both sides of the slightly raised thumbpiece equally enamelled
69 mm. (2¾ in.) wide
by Moyse-Jacques Decor, marked, Paris, 1833-1838, with Dutch import mark 1831-1893
Flattened rectangular box with rounded corners, painted all over with abundant flowers in opaque champlevé enamel and with leaves in translucent green champlevé enamel on a guilloché ground, against an opaque black enamel background, both sides of the slightly raised thumbpiece equally enamelled
69 mm. (2¾ in.) wide