Snuffbox with the image of two nymphs prodding a sleeping Cupid
Snuffbox with the image of two nymphs prodding a sleeping Cupid
1789-1793
Pierre-Innocent Zurich
Gold; painting, guilloche, enamel over guilloche, chasing
2.35 x 7.8 x 5.3 cm, 139 gr
Maker's mark: "PIZ"; charge and discharge marks of Jean-François Kalendrin; mark of Paris 1789-1793
Gold rectangular snuffbox with bevelled corners and a hinged lid. An oval medallion decorated in the grisaille technique with the image of nymphs prodding a sleeping Cupid is on the lid. The picture is rimmed by blue and white enamel frame. A dark-blue enamel bow is atop. Stylized palm dark blue branches ornate the frame bottom, its edge is decorated with dark blue floral ornament surrounded by white lines. The lid lateral side is decorated with ornament in the form of white alternating circles with blue and white flowers. The case lateral side is decorated with flowers and garlands of translucent dark blue enamel over guilloche, the corners are with dark-blue enamel flowers in white oval. The base with oval medallion depicting dark blue urn in the Neoclassical style in the frame of the similar foliate ornament of dark blue and white enamel.
Инв.3143/ДПИ