- 733
A gold and enamel snuffbox, Pierre-Michel Colas, Vienna, circa 1770
Estimate
3,000 - 5,000 GBP
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Description
- A gold and enamel snuffbox, Pierre-Michel Colas, Vienna, circa 1770
- enamel, gold,
- 5.6cm., 2 1/4 in high
oval, hinged at one end, enamelled in translucent purple enamel over engine-turning within white enamel, the borders chased with leaf garlands interlaced with plum enamel ribbon and bow, maker's mark PMC and crowned W town mark
Condition
enamel of lid panel restored, some replacement pins to lid mounts, enamel on sides, and base diseased resulting in pitted and flaking surface.
"In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective, qualified opinion. Prospective buyers should also refer to any Important Notices regarding this sale, which are printed in the Sale Catalogue.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF BUSINESS PRINTED IN THE SALE CATALOGUE."
"In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective, qualified opinion. Prospective buyers should also refer to any Important Notices regarding this sale, which are printed in the Sale Catalogue.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF BUSINESS PRINTED IN THE SALE CATALOGUE."
Catalogue Note
Pierre-Michel Colas is recorded working in Vienna between 1763 and 1781. He is known to have produced snuff boxes in conjunction with the enamel painter Philipp Ernst Schindler II: a signed example in the Gilbert Collection is ornamented with plaques of classical figures en grisaille on a veined blue marble ground (Charles Truman, The Gilbert Collection of Gold Boxes, vol. I, Los Angeles, 1991, no. 136). Two boxes by Colas in the Thurn und Taxis Collection, Regensburg, are decorated respectively in the manner of Pierre François Drais with grisaille miniatures and with a diamond-adorned portrait of Empress Maria Teresia (Lorenz Seelig, Thurn und Taxis Museum, Munich 1998, nos. 78 & 79).