Lot 42
  • 42

A gold and enamel snuff box

Estimate
4,000 - 6,000 GBP
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Description

  • width 9.2cm, 3 5/8 in
Jean-George Rémond & Co., Geneva, circa 1800



rectangular with cut corners, the lid inset with an oval Geneva enamel plaque painted with Erato, the muse of lyric poetry, composing a sonnet, a putto at her feet, delicate openwork gold laurel frame, the ground, sides and base enamelled in translucent blue over fan-shaped devices, taille d'épargne leaftip borders