A HARDSTONE SNUFF BOX WITH GOLD AND ENAMEL MOUNTS, CHARLES OUIZILLE, PARIS, 1788 AND LATER
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July 14, 12:35 PM GMT
Estimate
20,000 - 25,000 GBP
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A HARDSTONE SNUFF BOX WITH GOLD AND ENAMEL MOUNTS, CHARLES OUIZILLE, PARIS, 1788 AND LATER
circular, the cagework mounts decorated with garlands in champlevé and basse-taille enamels, enclosing later shimmering jade panels, applied on the lid, in the manner of mid-18th century Berlin, with a vase of brightly-coloured appliqué hardstone flowers, partial maker's mark, charge mark of Henri Clavel, dischage and countermarks of J.J. Kalendrin, the rim numbered: 130
7.6cm., 3 in. wide
The Collection of Rosalinde and Arthur Gilbert
The Art of Mosaics and Monumental Silver, Victoria and Albert Museum, London, 1975;
travelling exhibition: The Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1977; The High Museum, Atlanta, 1977; The Witte Memorial Museum, San Antonio, 1978; The Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond, 1978; The Seattle Art Museum, Seattle, 1979
Géza von Habsburg-Lothringen, Gold Boxes from the Collection of Rosalinde and Arthur Gilbert, Los Angeles, 1983, no. 56, p. 106