Trois boîtes en or, vers 1820

une, de forme rectangulaire, en or de deux couleurs et émail, à décor guilloché et ciselé de rinceaux, poinçon de maître GT en creux, poinçon de décharge de Julien Alaterre et lion debout avec un écusson, la bordure de gauche numérotée 1379 ; la deuxième, de forme rectangulaire mouvementée, le couvercle ciselé d'une urne de fruits entre deux monstres marins, les bordures, la bâte et le dessous guillochés, probablement Genève, poinçon de maître P.G dans un ovale; la troisième, une boîte à musique sans mouvement en métal doublé, le couvercle ciselé d'un putto à côté d'une lyre, le dessous et la bâte guillochés, apparemment non poinçonnée mais probablement française

the first, curved rectangular, two-colour gold and enamel, decorated overall with engine-turned and chased patterns and scrollwork, maker's mark GT incuse with discharge mark of Julien Alaterre and rampant lion and shield, left rim 1379 ; the second, shaped rectangular, the lid chased with an urn of fruits between two sea monsters, patterned engine-turned borders, sides and base, probably German, maker's mark P.G in an oval only ; the third, a doublé musical box case, the lid chased with putti flanking a lyre, engine-turned sides and base, apparently unmarked but probably French

1: good condition apart from some restoration and very minor losses to enamel. 93.2gr. apparently below 14ct. 2: generally good order apart from split at bottom right corner. difficult to open. 72.8gr. 18ct. 3: patched, repaired, tears, splits, dents and pins lacking.
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Le poinçon de maître PG dans un oval est peut-être celui de Philippe Garnier qui insculpa son poinçon (la description restant inconnue) comme bijoutier en 1821/1822, sis au 99 rue Neuve, Genève

The maker's mark PG in an oval is perhaps that of Philippe Garnier who registered his maker's mark (unrecorded) as bijoutier in 1821/2 from rue Neuve 99 in Geneva.