48,300 CHF
Portrait of Elisa BonaparteMalide Et Marguerite, goldsmith Jacques-Alexandre Guillemont, painting by Jean-Baptiste Isabey, Paris,circa 1815. Very fine rectangular 18 ct. gold and enamel patch box with a painted miniature of Elisa Bonaparte, with an inset watch with visible diamond-set balance. Two-body, hinged, the cover with two ovals, the top one with the portrait miniature, the bottom one with the watch, the top, side panels and bottom decorated with a floral and foliate pattern in blue champlevé enamel. White enamel, oval, eccentric, Breguet numerals with outer minute divisions, at the top an aperture for the balance. Blued-steel Breguet hands. 15.5 x 28.3 mm, ogival-shaped, brass full plate, fixed barrel, cylinder escapement, four spiral spoked balance set with rose-cut diamonds, flat balance spring.Signed on the dial, box stamped JAG, miniature signed Isabey.Dim. 85 x 30 mm. Published in the Sandberg book, pages 466-467. Notes Elisa Bonaparte (1777-1820)one of the sisters of Napoleon, became Princess of Lucca and Piombino in 1805, and in 1809, the Grand Duchessof Tuscany.Malide Et Margueritewere crown jewellers to the Imperial Court of Napoleon I.
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2001-03-31
