STYLE: Furniture, Silver, Ceramics
STYLE: Furniture, Silver, Ceramics
A SWISS ENAMELED GOLD BUTTERFLY-FORM VINAIGRETTE, MAKER'S MARK S & D, CIRCA 1820
Auction Closed
October 25, 08:20 PM GMT
Estimate
7,000 - 9,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
A SWISS ENAMELED GOLD BUTTERFLY-FORM VINAIGRETTE, MAKER'S MARK S & D, CIRCA 1820
in the shape of a butterfly, the cover painted accordingly, the sides and base with translucent orange enamel within ribbon borders of champlevé black and white enamel, opening to reveal a centrally hinged pair of butterfly wing-form covers; suspended from an enameled gold chain with finger ring of slightly later date
marked S&D incuse inside base and cover, the rim with chicken’s head control mark
length 1⅝ in.
4.2 cm
A circular gold box with this maker's mark is in the Louvre. See Serge Grandjean, Les Tabatières du Musée du Louvre, no. 611, p. 376.