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A GOLD AND ENAMEL SNUFF BOX WITH ROMAN MICROMOSAIC PANEL, PIERRE-ANDRÉ MONTAUBAN, PARIS, 1809-1819
Auction Closed
July 14, 12:35 PM GMT
Estimate
30,000 - 50,000 GBP
Lot Details
Description
A GOLD AND ENAMEL SNUFF BOX WITH ROMAN MICROMOSAIC PANEL, PIERRE-ANDRÉ MONTAUBAN, PARIS, 1809-1819
rectangular, the lid inset with a Roman micromosaic plaque showing a liver and white spaniel barking at a a proud swan floating on a pond, the sides and base with fancy engine-turning within narrow blue enamel and chased scrolling garland borders, maker's mark, unofficial 3e titre, Paris petite garantie 1809-1819
8.2cm, 3¼in. wide
Pierre-André Montauban was born in Paris on 22 September 1763 but is not recorded as working there until 1800 when he entered a post-revolutionary mark as bijoutier; garnisseur from 30 quai des Orfèvres. As garnisseur, he specialised in mounting miniatures or other types of panel in gold or more often, gold-lined tortoiseshell boxes.
In common with the few remaining gold box makers at this date, he appears to have worked both on his own account and as a supplier of boxes to retailers such as Gibert, particularly to produce presentation boxes first for the Imperial and then after the Restoration, the Royal families. No boxes with Montauban's maker's mark are to be found with post-1819 Paris marks so it is to be presumed that he either died or retired before then.