Property of a private European collection
A two-coloured gold and enamel snuff box, Louis Tronquoy, Paris, circa 1850
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November 15, 02:00 PM GMT
Estimate
4,000 - 6,000 CHF
Lot Details
Description
A two-coloured gold and enamel snuff box, Louis Tronquoy, Paris, circa 1850
oval, the lid set with an enamel plaque painted with Pan playing ‘blind man’s buff’ with four nymphs dressed in pastel coloured drapery, the pedestal in the background to the right signed P.D., within chased gold leaf border on a matted ground, the sides and base decorated with translucent dark blue enamel panels on engine-turning, surrounded by husks, leaf borders or dividers chased with classical vases, maker’s mark and Paris troisième titre (1838-1919)
6 cm., 2⅜in. wide
Louis-François, son of Jean-François Tronquoy and Louise Ferdinande Morin was born on 20 May 1798 at 639 rue des 4 vents, 11e arrondissement, Paris. He first entered a mark for la tabatière on 4 January 1827 from 8 rue des Prouvaires, probably taking over the business and premises of the box-maker Simon-Achille Léger. Tronquoy continued to work at the same address until 28 June 1871. Following current fashions, Tronquoy’s work developed from transitional delicately-engraved Restauration boxes to the more colourful enamelled and jewelled presentation boxes of the Deuxième Empire. Interestingly, the present lot is a hommage to Parisian gold and enamel boxes from the previous century which is rather unusual at this date.
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