Classic Design: Furniture, Silver & Ceramics

Classic Design: Furniture, Silver & Ceramics

View full screen - View 1 of Lot 105. A double-opening jewelled gold and enamel etui, probably Geneva, circa 1790, .

A double-opening jewelled gold and enamel etui, probably Geneva, circa 1790,

Lot Closed

April 16, 05:45 PM GMT

Estimate

3,000 - 5,000 USD

Lot Details

Description

upright rectangular with hexagonal section, the front and reverse enameled en plein with portrait miniatures of a young lady wearing a flower crown and two classically dressed females, on a dark blue enamel ground finely inlaid with floral sprays embellished with diamond-set branches, the sides with elaborate paillon flower vases above an enamel cameo, the lid surmounted with a pearl, the hinged base fitted with a mirror, apparently unmarked


height 3 in.

7.7 cm.