Lot 192
  • 192

Two enameled gold plaquettes, Geneva or Hanau, circa 1790

Estimate
5,000 - 7,000 USD
bidding is closed

Description

  • the first marked with crossed S's and sunburst, the second marked FJ incuse and with prestige mark
  • Gold, enamel
  • lengths 3, 2 7/8 in.
  • 7.6, 7.2cm
one semi-circular, enameled with an artist at his easel, with model and companion, the other oval, with a courting couple in stylized 16th century dress

Condition

good condition
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Catalogue Note

See Julia Clarke in Enamels of the World, 1700-2000, The Khalili Collections, p. 301, for a discussion of these marks where she attributes them to the same workshop, possibly operating in Hanau.