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A GOLD, ENAMEL AND PEARL SINGING BIRD AND MUSICAL BOX, RÉMOND, LAMY, MERCIER & CO., GENEVA, 1815-1820

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Auction Closed

July 14, 12:35 PM GMT

Estimate

50,000 - 80,000 GBP

Lot Details

Description

A GOLD, ENAMEL AND PEARL SINGING BIRD AND MUSICAL BOX, RÉMOND, LAMY, MERCIER & CO., GENEVA, 1815-1820

rectangular, the oval lid painted en plein with Elizabeth Woodville, Queen Dowager of Edward IV delivering up her son Prince Richard, Duke of York (1473-1483) to Cardinal Thomas Bourchier (1404-1486) Archbishop of Canterbury, after an engraving by Francesco Bartolozzi, from the painting by Giovanni Battista Cipriani (1727-1785), within a pearl frame, the ground, sides and base engine-turned within chased and dark blue-enamelled foliate borders, hinged key compartments, the lid opening to reveal the unusually-large dancing and singing feathered bird with ivory beak, on an engine-turned ground, key wound chain fusee movement with sliding cam stack to control the bellows and singing, petit barillet musical movement in the right side of the box, maker's mark, Geneva town mark, unofficial 3e titre, the movement unsigned

9.5cm., 3 3/4in. wide

- Please note that the successful buyer of this lot will be unable to collect this lot immediately after the sale. Please contact the department for further details. - This lot contains ivory. Please note that Sotheby's will not assist buyers with CITES licence applications where a buyer elects to either collect or arrange their own shipping, nor will Sotheby's assist with the international movement of ivory by air, either as freight or through hand carry.

Mark Yaffe Collection, sale, The Art of Horology in Geneva, Antiquorum, Geneva, 13-14 November 1999, lot 83

For another snuff box of similar date, the lid decorated with the same historical subject, see Sharon & Christian Bailly, Oiseaux de Bonheur, Geneva, 2001, p. 257