Property from the Alan and Simone Hartman Collection
A pearl-set gold and enamel snuff box, probably Louis Galopin, Geneva, circa 1800
Lot Closed
May 15, 12:38 PM GMT
Estimate
6,000 - 8,000 CHF
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Description
rectangular with cut corners, the lid painted en plein with cowherds before a river landscape beneath an opalescent pink sky, a fortress in the background, in the style of Jean-Louis Richter, within a split-pearl frame, the sides and base enamelled in translucent blue on an elaborately engine-turned ground with pellets forming quatrefoils within lozenges, taille d'épargne borders, the angles decorated with herons holding a wreath, maker's mark crowned L?G incuse, post-1918 French control marks for 18ct gold,
length 9.7 cm; 3 7/8 in.
Christie's New York, 21 May 2014, lot 37 (The Property of a Lady)