Property from the Alan and Simone Hartman Collection
A gold and enamel snuff box, René-Antoine Bailleul, Paris, 1777/78
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May 15, 12:49 PM GMT
Estimate
7,000 - 10,000 CHF
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Description
oval, the lid centred with an oval enamel plaque painted with a personification of love, in a frame of bright red enamel ovals and green quatrefoils, further bordered with white beads, on a translucent grey enamel ground over chevron engine-turning within matching outer borders, the sides and base similarly decorated, maker's mark, charge and discharge mark of Jean Baptiste Fouache, Paris date letter for 1777/78, the left rim numbered: 1050, post-1918 French control marks,
length 6.7 cm; 2 5/8 in.
The pose of Cupid painted on the oval enamel plaque is remeniscent of Pair of Cupids With Garland of Flowers by Dutch painter Jacob der Wit (1695 - 1754).