Hôtel Lambert, Une Collection Princière, Volume V : L’Écrin
Hôtel Lambert, Une Collection Princière, Volume V : L’Écrin
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October 14, 05:38 PM GMT
Estimate
12,000 - 18,000 EUR
Lot Details
Description
A gold snuff box, Francis Harrache, London, possibly 1754
rectangular, the lid chased in high relief with Aeneas and the Cumaean Sibyl within opulent rocaille scrollwork on a matted ground, the baluster sides chased with birds and a goat within floral and scrolling foliage, the raised thumbpiece centred with a shell between scrolls, reeded footrim and plain polished base, maker's mark, town mark, rubbed date letter possibly for 1754
weight: 114.3 g
length 2¾ in.; 6,9 cm.
weight 110g
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Tabatière en or par Francis Harrache, Londres, probablement 1754
rectangulaire, le couvercle représentant Énée et la sibylle de Cumes, les côtés en balustre ciselés d'oiseaux et d'une chèvre dans un décor de fleurs et de rinceaux, l'appui-pouce en relief centré d'une coquille entourée de rinceaux, poinçons de l'orfèvre et de Londres, la lettre date probablement pour 1754
weight: 114.3 g
length 2¾ in.; 6,9 cm.
weight 110g
Sotheby's Geneva, 18 November 1997, lot 201
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Sotheby's Genève, 18 novembre 1997, lot 201
Christie's London, 8 December 2011, lot 135.
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Christie's Londres, 8 décembre 2011, lot 135.
Richard Edgcumbe, The art of the gold chaser in 18th century London, Oxford, 2001, p. 38, no 4.
The London-born chaser of the present box, Thomas Burges, was apprenticed to Laurence Hamond in 1731 and recorded as a chaser until the seventeen-sixties, when he is recorded as a drawing master. This crossover is not surprising, because chasers naturally had to be good draughtsmen. So far, a few chased gold boxes by Burges are known, most of which seem to have been made by Francis Harrache; see for example a chased example, signed 'Burges', sold Sotheby's Geneva, 13 November 1995, lot 425.