Snuffbox with "Lovers en Plein Air" miniature
Snuffbox with "Lovers en Plein Air" miniature
Geneva or Hanau?
1775-1780
Gold, enamel, silver, diamonds; "En plein" (matte) painted enamel, guilloche (guillochage), chasing, setting of jewelry stones
2.25 x 5.8 x 4.6 cm, 46 g
Master's mark “RR” under crown, between two leaf-shaped marks
An oval-shaped gold-cased snuffbox, decorated with a guilloche with a grainy pattern, with a hinged lid. In the center of the lid, framed by a chain of rose-cut diamonds in a silver setting and a golden polished groove, there is a round miniature depicting a polychrome enamel gallant scene en plein air: a young girl holds a wreath over the head of a suitor reclining at her feet. Under the lid, there is a compartment for tobacco with marks on the mirror-polished surface of the base and the lid. The edge and the rim of the lid are decorated with a golden border with a regular ornament in the form of leaves and flowers with engraving in the "bright-cut" technique on a matted (canfarent) field. Guilloche plaques on the side surface are divided by relief images of stylized vases with flowers on pedestals on a matted (canfarent) field and a golden strip with a zigzag garland along the lower edge. In the center of the lower panel, also decorated with a guilloche with a grainy pattern and a golden border, there is a round medallion with concentric fluting, framed by a zigzag line and a groove.
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