Property from the Alan and Simone Hartman Collection
An unusual gold and enamel combined snuff box and scent bottle, Geneva, circa 1800
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May 16, 02:27 PM GMT
Estimate
8,000 - 12,000 CHF
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Description
drop-shaped, the hinged lid enamelled en plein with an Italianate scene of travellers on a waterfront, the top painted with pink roses, within blue, white and black taille d'épargne enamel borders of stylised fan motifs, the sides and base enamelled in translucent blue over engine-turning with pale blue dividers, matching scent bottle cap, maker's mark crowned I.F./I.H. incuse above crossed laurels, French mark for foreign works 1798-1809, later struck with two French post-1864 import marks for gold, in a modern leather case,
10.8; 4 1/4 in. high
Anonymous sale; Replica Shoes 's, Geneva, 12 November 1987, lot 407 (to Dreesmann);
Dr Anton C. R. Dreesmann (inventory no. F-176);
Christie's London, 11 April 2002, lot 799
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