IMPORTANT SILVER, OBJECTS OF VERTU AND RUSSIAN WORKS OF ART
Catalogue Information: 344 lots | 339 with images
Lot 1: A GERMAN GOLD PRESENTATION SNUFF BOX
Circa 1850 Cartouche-shaped, the cover with cast scrolls, shells, foliage and flowers against a matted ground, centering an applied enamel Russian Imperial eagle, the baluster sides with cast scrolls and shell work, against an engraved and matted gro [...more]
Lot 2: A FRENCH GOLD PERFUME FLASK AND SWISS POWDER BOX
The flask circa 1850 The perfume flask cast with rocaille scrolls, the cover set with a peridot and diamond surround, with diamond pushpiece, the powder box of cartouche-form, converted from a snuff box cover, engraved with foliate scrolls against a [...more]
Lot 3: A SWISS GOLD AND ENAMEL SNUFF BOX
Geneva, circa 1830 Rectangular with canted corners, the base and sides with panels of black enamel within borders of white enamel and chased gold scrolling foliage, the cover enamelled with a scene of a mother with two boys within similar border, mar [...more]
Lot 4: A SWISS GOLD AND ENAMEL SNUFF BOX
Mark of Jean Georges R‚mond & Cie, Geneva, circa 1795 Oval, the base and sides with translucent violet enamel over guilloche ground within green, white and gold foliate border, the cover enamelled with the School of Athens after Raphael within a bord [...more]
Lot 5: A SWISS GOLD AND ENAMEL SNUFF BOX
Geneva, circa 1800, maker's mark M incuse Rectangular, the hinged cover enameled en plein with a scene of musicians with chased gold and enamel paterae and leaf border, the base and sides with transparent dark blue enamel over engine-turned ground wi [...more]
