Snuffbox with painted enamel landscape
Snuffbox with painted enamel landscape
Switzerland, Geneva
Сirca 1790-1795
Enamel, gold, pearls, transparent colorless stones; сhasing, painting with polychrome (colored) enamels, enamel on guilloche, setting of jewelry stones, engraving, guilloche (guillochage), piqué (dot inlay)
2.5 x 9.4 x 3.8 cm
On inner surface of lid, marks of master, assay masters, etc. are stamped. Master's mark in form of letter “R” and “R” under crown, illegible control mark, later Dutch import marks 1953-1956, French import marks 1809-1819.
Rectangular parallelepiped-shaped gold snuffbox with hinged top lid. General motif of the snuffbox decor is wavy-guilloche panels under blue translucent enamel, in thin chased frames, inside which passes gold twisted leafy ornament executed in piqué technique. The panels are surrounded by narrow white enamel frames. The top side of the lid features painted enamel landscape. The miniature depicts view of sea bay with group of people on the shore, in the background there is fortress with high tower, low mountains in the distance. The landscape is bordered by thin octagonal gold frame. On the front side of the rim of the lid, transparent faceted stone in silvery setting is placed, to the right and left of which three pearls of different sizes are inserted. The inner surfaces of the snuffbox are mirror polished.
3102PC823/ДПИ