A gold and enamel snuff box, Jean Frémin, Paris, 1753/54

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December 11, 05:00 PM GMT

Estimate

150,000 - 250,000 EUR

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Description

rectangular, each face enamelled en plein with roses, chrysanthemums, dianthus, tulips, convolvuluses and stylised flowers with translucent dark green basse-taille leaves, on a gold ground engraved with stippled and differently-reeded zig-zag bands, framed by dramatic dark blue basse-taille enamel scrolls, their outlines repeated in the adjacent gold engraving, maker's mark, charge and discharge marks of Julien Berthe (1750-1756), Paris date letter n

Larg. 7 cm. ; 2 3/4 in. wide

Christie's Geneva, 15 November 1988, lot 236;

European private collection.

A. Kenneth Snowman, Eighteenth century gold boxes of Europe, London, 1990, pls. 304-305, p. 155.