Music box
Music box
Austria, Vienna
circa 1875
Jean-Georges Remond & Company
Silver, steel, brass, lapis lazuli; engraving, gilding, chasing, champleve enamel, enamel over engraving
Diameter 12 cm, height 9.8 cm, 705 gr
Bottom rim with dog's head silver mark for Vienna 1872 and master’s mark "KR"
Chocolate box with music movement in silver polychrome Champleve enamel and lapis lazuli case. Bun shape, four disc feet with polychrome enamelling. Sides and lid very finely engraved with floral and geometric pattern, polychrome and translucid enamelling. Sides are decorated with four three-dimensional rams’ heads, hinged lid with a ball-shaped lapis lazuli knob. Gilt inner lid with elaborate engraved strapwork. Music movement is brass, pinned barrel with 30 tuned vibrating plates, governor.
Инв.5391/ДПИ