Important Gold Boxes from a Private European Family Collection
A gold and enamel snuff box, François-Nicholas Génard, Paris, 1761/62
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May 16, 01:40 PM GMT
Estimate
30,000 - 50,000 CHF
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Description
elongated oval, the lid enamelled en plein with putti frolicking with doves on clouds, framed by a bold Greek key border alternating with four roundels of flowerheads within polished gold bands, the sides painted with similar subjects of putti holding garlands of flowers or trophies of love in oval cartouches, divided by ovals of roses in shaded pink and green enamel over chocolate-brown ground, the base similarly decorated, maker's mark, charge and discharge marks of Eloy Brichard, Paris date letter x,
7 cm; 2 ¾ in. wide
Christie's Geneva, 10 May 1983, lot 66
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