Lot 27
  • 27

tabatière rectangulaire en or et émail ornée d'une plaque en émail peinte, la plaque Genève, la tabatière probablement Hanau, début du XIXe siècle

Estimate
7,000 - 9,000 EUR
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Description

  • tabatière rectangulaire en or et émail ornée d'une plaque en émail peinte, la plaque Genève, la tabatière probablement Hanau, début du XIXe siècle
  • gold, enamel
  • Larg. 9,6 cm ; 3 3/4 in
la plaque délicatement peinte de musiciens autour d'une table, la boîte ciselée d'ornements néoclassiques sur un fond sablé, poinçon de maître S&C dans un losange, peut-être Souchay & Colin, un lion galopant, un trèfle à quatre feuilles dans un cercle, garantie de prestige 1798-1809.



rectangular, the plaque finely painted with musicians in 16th century costume seated round a table, the box chased with neoclassical ornament on a sablé ground, narrow blue enamel borders, makers' mark S & C in a shaped lozenge possibly for Souchay & Colin, rampant lion, quatrefoil in a circle, prestige grosse garantie 1798-1809

Condition

Impeccable crisp condition with very finely painted plaque.
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Catalogue Note

For a very similar box, the lid also inset with a Geneva enamel plaque, painted with philosophers disputing at a table, struck with three of the same marks including the makers' mark, see Sotheby's London, 7 June 2007, lot 75. The makers' initials also appear on early 19th century presentation boxes of the highest quality.

Anna Petronella Souchay (1753-1851), daughter of the goldsmith Marc Andre Souchay (1730-1811) married Charles Colin (1749-1817) in Hanau on 15 January 1776. The fifth of their thirteen children (Charles Colin's sons and daughters), Jacques Charles, married Jeanne Anne Thérèse Rémond in 1811. The gold box-making firms of Charles Colins Söhne of Hanau and Jean-George Rémond of Geneva and Hanau are well-known.